Indiana man accused of dismembering girlfriend’s body

FOWLER, Ind. (AP) – A western Indiana man allegedly dismembered his girlfriend’s physique and put her stays in trash luggage after she died earlier this month, authorities stated.

Edward A. Bagwell, 60, is charged with abuse of a corpse and failure to report human stays. He’s being held on the county jail in lieu of $300,000 bond.

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After Bagwell’s girlfriend, Rita Spigner, died in early July he allegedly lower off her legs and stuffed her torso in a single trash bag and her legs in one other, in response to a possible trigger affidavit filed by prosecutors, the (Lafayette) Journal & Courier reported.

Benton County deputies arrived at Bagwell’s dwelling in Ambia, a small Benton County city simply east of the Illinois border, on July 3 and located Spigner’s bagged stays.

Bagwell instructed Indiana State Police detectives that after he and Spigner smoked methamphetamines she started performing erratically and scratching at his leg, the affidavit states.

He stated he slapped Spigner within the head to get her to cease, however she fell and started convulsing and he later discovered her useless, courtroom data state.

Bagwell instructed officers he used his electrical chain noticed to chop off Spigner’s legs and positioned them in a single trash bag, and Spigner’s torso in one other, in response to the affidavit.

An post-mortem confirmed that Spigner died from coronary heart troubles.

On-line courtroom data don’t record an lawyer for Bagwell who may converse on his behalf.

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