Christina Revels-Glick was a 35-year-old Georgia woman arrested in July 2021 for using a vibrator on Tybee Island Beach near Savannah. Nine months later she was found dead in her Hinesville apartment, and a coroner ruled the death a suicide. Some neighbors and witnesses have disputed that conclusion.
The Beach Arrest
On July 1, 2021, witnesses on Tybee Island Beach reported seeing Revels-Glick using an adult toy in public near 2nd and Butler streets. Police arrested her on charges of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct, and she was released from jail on a subpoena.1Audacy. Woman Arrested After Pleasuring Herself on Public Beach
Georgia’s public indecency statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-6-8, covers “a lewd exposure of the sexual organs” and sexual acts in a public place. A first offense is a misdemeanor carrying up to 12 months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.2Justia. Georgia Code § 16-6-8 – Public Indecency
Public Shaming After the Arrest
Police bodycam footage from the arrest circulated widely online. Reporting described Revels-Glick entering a “downward spiral” in the months that followed.3Yahoo News. Woman Who Used Adult Toy on Beach Found Dead No public records show any legal action against those who shared the footage or harassed her online. Georgia’s cyberbullying laws are oriented toward school-aged students and do not broadly reach the kind of public shaming adults encounter on social media.
How She Was Found
On March 31, 2022, Revels-Glick’s landlady, Felicity Rollins, and a family friend, Gareth White, discovered her body in her Hinesville apartment after she failed to pay rent. Rollins had asked police for a welfare check on March 19, but responding officers made “negative contact” and did not follow up.4Daily Mail. Christina Revels-Glick Investigation Details
When the two entered the unlocked apartment, they found decomposing remains. Revels-Glick had been dead for approximately 30 days. Police documented extensive blood throughout the apartment: pooled blood in the bedroom and living room, blood trails running in both directions through the hallway, and spatter on bathroom surfaces and mirrors. Blood was also found on a chair, desk, and computer in a guest bedroom. A 9mm pistol was recovered on the master bedroom bed, and a bullet hole was observed in the ceiling directly above it.4Daily Mail. Christina Revels-Glick Investigation Details
The Suicide Ruling
The autopsy identified a gunshot entrance wound of roughly 1 to 1.5 inches on her chin. The bullet traveled through her mouth, brain, and frontal bone before exiting through her forehead. The coroner certified the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head and the manner as suicide.5Inside Edition. Woman Found Dead Months After Being Arrested for Indecent Exposure
William Oberlander, commander of the Hinesville Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, acknowledged the scene was unusual. “It was not a normal suicide,” he said. “We don’t know if she shot herself on purpose or if she shot herself accidentally.” Oberlander theorized the wound was not immediately fatal and that Revels-Glick, impaired by shock and trauma-induced vision loss, may have tried to move or call for help before dying, which he said would account for the blood across multiple rooms.6Toronto Sun. Woman Arrested for Using Vibrator on Beach Dead From Suicide or Murder
Oberlander said there was no sign of forced entry, the doors were locked, and investigators found no handprints, footprints, or other physical evidence of a second person at the scene.4Daily Mail. Christina Revels-Glick Investigation Details
The Doubts Raised
Jonathan and Jasmine Johnson, who lived in the apartment below Revels-Glick, said they heard “a lot of commotion” and heavy footsteps from her unit about a month before her body was found. They said the noise involved a man they believed to be her boyfriend, and they never saw Revels-Glick again after that night.4Daily Mail. Christina Revels-Glick Investigation Details
Gareth White, the military veteran who helped find the body, said the blood patterns looked to him more like a struggle than a single self-inflicted gunshot. Another witness, Whitney Phillips, questioned why two cell phones left in plain sight were not treated as a priority for evidence. Police maintained that the physical evidence did not support a conclusion of violent crime by another person.4Daily Mail. Christina Revels-Glick Investigation Details
White also criticized how the original beach incident had been handled publicly. “It could have been handled a lot differently,” he told reporters. “Look what it led to, somebody taking their life.”5Inside Edition. Woman Found Dead Months After Being Arrested for Indecent Exposure