Man killed aunt, torched her car then pushed it over a mountainside with her body still inside: Cops

A Virginia antheral killed his aunt and past drove the assemblage successful her car crossed authorities lines wherever helium acceptable the conveyance connected occurrence and pushed it implicit a mountainside, cops say.

Old Dominion authorities authorities person secured a warrant for the apprehension of 29-year-old David Wayne Stoneburner for the murder of 44-year-old Saundra Lee Moore. He besides stands accused of maltreatment of a corpse and first-degree arson successful Kentucky. State constabulary successful the Bluegrass State wrote successful a press release that troopers responded astir 3 p.m. Sunday to a study of a conveyance “fully engulfed successful flames” connected State Road 160 successful Lynch, a metropolis located immoderate 160 miles southeast of Lexington. Troopers arrived to find a Toyota disconnected the roadworthy and down a mountainside. Cops recovered a woman, aboriginal identified arsenic Moore, dormant inside.

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Further probe revealed that Moore had really been killed immoderate 15 miles distant astatine her location successful Appalachia, Virginia. The Wise County Sheriff’s Office said successful a Facebook post that deputies responded to the location successful question and “evidence emerged suggesting a convulsive incidental that resulted successful the death” of Moore.

“Based connected accusation obtained passim the probe and a elaborate interrogation with the suspect, the incidental has been confirmed arsenic a homicide,” deputies wrote.

Stoneburner gave detectives a connection “outlining the events that transpired” but cops did not elaborate connected what helium said, citing an progressive investigation. Deputies besides did not accidental however Moore died, nor did they springiness a motive for the killing. Kentucky State Police said Moore was killed during a “physical altercation” with Stoneburner astatine her location earlier Sunday.

After helium killed Moore, Stoneburner drove Moore successful her car to the spot wherever helium would yet permission her, constabulary allege.

“Upon arriving astatine Lynch Mountain, Stoneburner placed Moore successful the driver’s seat, intentionally acceptable the conveyance connected fire, and enactment the conveyance successful question causing it to question implicit the embankment,” the authorities constabulary property merchandise said.

The suspect is presently successful the Harlan County Detention Center. It’s unclear if helium has an attorney.

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