The Pulaski County Coroner has positively identified the body of a man found inside the freezer of a home.
51-year-old Teresa Owens has been arrested after a body was discovered in a freezer inside the living room of their home on Happy Ridge Road. Deputies were there responding to a missing persons report.
According to a press release from the Pulaski County Sheriff’s office, the missing persons report was filed Tuesday, September 29 for 68-year-old Gary Ray Jenkins. Jenkins was Owens’ boyfriend.
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The coroner confirms that the body found on the premises was that of Jenkins.
Owens’ arrest citation says that she tried to dispose of the body by pouring lye and fertilizer on top of it. The report goes on to say that the man’s arms were also tied with several pieces of string.
Jenkins’ cause of death has not yet been determined as officials wait on autopsy results.
Owens is charged with tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse. She has been lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $75,000 Cash or Property Bond
