Missing woman found stuffed in a metal box that was seen in the back of husband's pickup truck: Police

The hunt for a missing Pennsylvania pistillate came to a gruesome extremity erstwhile her body was recovered successful a metallic container connected spot that erstwhile belonged to her husband.

Vincent Harp, 37, was charged with transgression homicide, maltreatment of a corpse, and tampering with grounds connected Sunday aft the assemblage of his woman Katlyn Harp, 33, was recovered the aforesaid day. According to a criminal complaint reviewed by Law&Crime, Katlyn Harp was reported missing connected June 20 aft her sister told constabulary she had not heard from her, which was "not similar her." Police spoke to Vincent Harp, who admitted that helium had argued with his woman aft meal connected June 19, but erstwhile helium awoke astatine 5:00 a.m. the adjacent morning, she was gone.

Katlyn Harp's sister told constabulary that the Life360 app that she utilized had besides stopped updating connected the nighttime she went missing.

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After Katlyn Harp went missing, section efforts and instrumentality enforcement agencies banded unneurotic to effort to find her. Meanwhile, constabulary stayed successful interaction with Vincent Harp, who allegedly told "inconsistent" stories astir his movements "before, during, and after" his wife's disappearance. Among the discrepancies were conversations helium did oregon did not person with a counsellor and whether oregon not helium had his telephone connected him astatine definite points successful time.

According to the transgression complaint, the probe yielded a witnesser astatine a state presumption wherever Vincent Harp stopped successful connected June 20 to inquire "if the store sold gloves." When the witnesser — a cashier — told him that they did not, Vincent Harp asked if helium could person a brace from an worker astatine the state station. The cashier gave Vincent Harp a brace of gloves, which helium past enactment successful his pouch earlier leaving the presumption successful his metallic Chevy Silverado pickup truck.

Police yet combed done Vincent Harp's telephone records, which placed him successful assorted locations that helium allegedly drove to successful aggregate vehicles. One determination was a remote, upland roadworthy that helium drove to successful a GMC Yukon connected the greeting of June 20. There, helium got stuck successful mud, which near resistance marks into a wooded area. When asked by constabulary what helium was doing there, helium was "unable to articulate a reason."

Vincent Harp's cellphone was tracked leaving that country and going backmost to his residence.

According to the transgression complaint, Vincent Harp's Silverado was seen connected surveillance camera conscionable a fewer hours aboriginal — and disposable successful the furniture of the motortruck was a large, green, metallic box.

On June 25, constabulary said that a inferior vehicle, oregon an ATV, that had been sold by Vincent Harp the erstwhile time was brought to a Pennsylvania State Police station. It was inspected and tested affirmative for quality blood.

The hunt for Katlyn Harp continued connected Sunday and made its mode to a Harp Lane spot that had erstwhile been owned by Vincent Harp. With support from the existent owners of the property, investigators and instrumentality enforcement descended connected the country and recovered a large, green, metallic container with a "strong odor of decomposition" coming from it. Inside were quality remains, with a distinctive tattoo identifying the assemblage arsenic Katlyn Harp.

Police said that further probe of Vincent Harp's telephone information enactment him astatine the determination wherever the assemblage was recovered connected June 21 astatine astir 10:30 a.m. He was besides tracked to an country adjacent Harp Lane astatine astir 6 p.m. the aforesaid day.

Vincent Harp was arrested and charged with transgression homicide, maltreatment of a corpse, and tampering with evidence. He was arraigned connected Sunday astatine 7 p.m. and denied bail. His adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for July 14.