FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio -- A local man accused of murdering and dismembering his live-in girlfriend was indicted on three counts Thursday.
NBC 4 reported with the BOTTOM LINE on where the case stands.
Robert Knight, 51, was indicted on one count of murder (first-degree felony), one count of abuse of a corpse (fifth-degree felony) and one count of tampering with evidence (third-degree felony).
Knight murdered 44-year-old Tracey Moore, CPD homicide detectives said.
He dismembered her body and scattered parts around a Southwest Side apartment complex, authorities said.
Moore was identified through fingerprints, according to CPD.
Detectives recovered about 98 percent of Moore’s body with the help of Ohio State University anthropologists.
Detectives said Moore lived with Knight at the West Bay apartments on Bay Run Drive.
CPD said the head and arms of a woman were found in Knight's apartment freezer.
Moore was dead for about four days before her body was dismembered, investigators said.
Knight was arraigned in a Franklin County common pleas courtroom Friday. A judge set his bond at $2 million.
He remained in the Franklin County jail.
Moore's death was the city's 39th homicide of 2009.
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