2 PEOPLE GET ARRESTED FOR MURDERING A FLORIDA CHEERLEADER & BURNING HER BODY!

Two people were arrested in Florida Wednesday and charged with murdering a University of Florida cheerleader, whose badly burned body was found in a deserted field in Gainesville in December.

Antonio Drayton, 24, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Saleha Huuda, 21, as well as grand theft, abuse of a dead human body, tampering with physical evidence and willful burning of lands, according a release from the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.

Cassandra Kimbrough, 42, was also arrested and charged with accessory to first-degree murder.

Police said Drayton was an abusive ex-boyfriend of Huuda's with a history of domestic battery and disorderly conduct.

He was accused in June of breaking into her apartment and beating, choking and robbing her, but charges were dropped after Huuda refused to testify, The Gainesville Sun reported.

After that incident, Drayton told the Sun that he was drunk and admitted to pushing her but disputed the other charges.

Drayton and Kimbrough also dated, police said.

Cops said the two suspects killed Huuda on Dec. 30, dumped her body in a field near the Gainesville Raceway and set it on fire in an attempt to hide the evidence.

Her corpse was found after firefighters responded to reports of a small brush fire in the area, police said.

Her car was also missing and later found in a southwest Gainesville neighborhood.

A medical examiner's report said she was killed before the fire was started, but it wasn’t clear how she died, the Sun reported.

Huuda was a senior at the University of Florida majoring in family, youth and community sciences, a cheerleader and a member of local dance groups, according to the Sun.

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