The former girlfriend of Dayton Webber says she was not shocked to learn the quadruple amputee cornhole star had been arrested on murder charges.
In an interview with TMZ published Friday, March 27, Tori Mattingly said Webber had long shown what she described as an “angry dark side,” adding that the allegations against him fit behavior she says she witnessed during their four-year relationship.
Mattingly, who dated Webber until February 2025, said she ended the relationship because he refused to address what she described as escalating anger issues. According to her account, she urged Webber to seek therapy, but he would not.
She also told TMZ that she had recorded a video in October 2024 showing Webber screaming at her after she would not let him use her car. While she said she never imagined he would be accused of killing someone, she added that she was “not surprised” by the charges now facing him.
After ending her relationship with Webber, Mattingly briefly dated the man police say he later killed. Mattingly said she dated Bradrick “Brad” Wells on and off for several months after splitting from Webber, but insisted there was no overlap between the two relationships.
She said Webber knew about it and that the two men had been friends. Mattingly told TMZ she does not know what sparked the argument that allegedly turned deadly.
Authorities say Webber shot Wells, 27, while Wells was sitting in the passenger seat of a car Webber was driving Sunday night in Charles County, Maryland. According to investigators, two passengers in the backseat later told police they witnessed the shooting.
Police allege Webber then attempted to get the passengers to help remove Wells’ body before driving away and eventually leaving the body in a front yard in Charlotte Hall. Webber was arrested the next morning at a hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia, after police tracked his vehicle.
The new comments have added another layer to an already bizarre story surrounding the quadruple-amputee cornhole star, who had spent much of his life known for his athletic achievements and perseverance.
Webber lost his hands and feet as an infant after a severe bacterial infection, then became the subject of local and national attention as a child wrestler and football player. An ESPN profile from 2010 described him as a determined 12-year-old who competed against able-bodied athletes and “always got a smile on his face.”
Webber is currently awaiting extradition to Maryland, where he faces first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and related charges. Mattingly said she has not spoken to Webber in several months and last heard from Wells in December, when he called her on her birthday.
