MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Middletown police are investigating a homicide after they said a man walked into the police department lobby and stated that he dismembered a body.
According to police the man, later identified as 34-year-old John Havens, said the murder happened at a home on Stone Path Drive Tuesday night.
When officers arrived at the home, they found a lot of blood and dismembered human remains on the first floor.
Havens told police that Bonnie Marie Vaughn killed the individual. Investigators said Vaughn, 59, fled the scene but was located, placed under arrest and charged with murder.
According to court documents, Vaughn told police she shot and killed her husband on Monday in the garage of their home.
Havens — who is charged with tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse — told police that Vaughn picked him up on Tuesday and asked if he would help her dispose of a body, per court documents. When he got to the residence, Havens found her husband's body in the garage.
Court documents show that Havens dismembered the body using a hand saw from the garage.
Anyone with information regarding the homicide is asked to call 513-425-7700 or Detective Brook McDonald at 513-425-7745.
This is a developing story and will be updated once more information becomes available.
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