MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis woman says she found a gun and three bloody knives inside a Nutbush home that she believes could be connected to a double homicide there nearly a month ago.
Cosandra Milan is talking for the first time about the arrest of her brother, Arsenio Davis, for the deaths of their mother and 15-year-old nephew on Oct. 23 in the 1600 block of Helsley Road.
Tuesday, she said she was cleaning out her brother’s bedroom in the home and found the weapons in a trash can.
“I get the trash can, and when I pick the trash, you know, I feel something in there. So I brought it out of his room and took it to the front yard right here,” said Milan. “I covered it up with the bloody towel because I didn’t want to touch it because I was cleaning out the room.”
She said she called the police, and a crime scene van showed up, they took pictures and left with the items. Milan said she can’t understand why they were not found by police investigating the killings.
“They didn’t do their job. I feel like if they do their job and search the house when Antonio’s body was removed away from here, my nephew, they would have found the guns and the knife in there,” Milan said.
Police said Davis shot and killed his mother, Betty Pratt, inside the home they shared on Helsley Road, and fled the scene. Hours later, he returned and killed his nephew.
Antonio Carrick was found dead on the kitchen floor. The teen had multiple wounds to his back, face, arms, and hand, and his arm was partially severed.
Milan said Antonio lived with her, but that day, he went to his grandmother’s house when he learned something bad had happened there.
Milan said she has not spoken to her brother and doesn’t plan to in the future. She has no idea why he killed her mother and nephew.
“He always bullied my mom, but my mom was his type. She is going to ride with her children. I asked my mom to come live with me and leave him here. She wouldn’t leave here,” said Milan.
At the time of the homicides, Davis was out on a $50,000 bond for a 2023 incident. He was indicted in January 2025 on several charges in connection with that case, including aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.
WREG contacted MPD and asked if police had been called back to the house on Helsley Tuesday, but we have not received a response.