Missing woman's body found buried under shed; handyman arrested

Police person arrested a antheral who worked arsenic a handyman for an 82-year-old pistillate whose remains were recovered buried beneath a shed helium built successful northwestern Washington, respective weeks aft she disappeared, authorities announced Monday.

Jeffrey Zizz, who was primitively arrested successful Missoula, Montana, for violating the presumption of a erstwhile condemnation for an unrelated enactment offense, is facing charges successful Washington of archetypal grade murder, archetypal grade kidnapping and unlawful disposal of quality remains, the Thurston County Sheriff's Office said. 

Marcia Norman was past heard from connected the evening of April 1, her household told Thurston County sheriff's deputies erstwhile they reported her missing 3 days later. A missing idiosyncratic bulletin said Norman had "disappeared nether suspicious circumstances" from her Tenino home, wherever some of the woman's cars remained parked aft she disappeared.

She appeared to permission her residence successful a hurry, with partially cleaned dishes near out, the Thurston County Sheriff's Office said. Investigators learned that Zizz, who worked arsenic a handyman for Norman, had meal with her connected April 1 and judge helium whitethorn person been the past idiosyncratic to spot her alive.

"He told america they had meal together. He's not the mean handyman to this family," Thurston County Lt. Mike Brooks told CBS affiliate KIRO. "He's a bully household friend, truthful it doesn't needfully look similar having meal unneurotic would beryllium uncommon."

But Norman's lad said helium had erstwhile told him astir an incidental successful which she woke up and recovered Zizz lasting astatine the ft of her bed, according to KIRO. He said she ne'er reported that incidental to police, but alternatively confronted Zizz herself and said they would support a nonrecreational relationship, KIRO reported.

Zizz told constabulary helium returned location aft the April 1 dinner, but information footage and licence sheet camera information showed helium went backmost to Norman's location respective clip successful the aboriginal greeting hours of April 2, according to KIRO.

As the probe into Norman's disappearance continued, Zizz fled the state. His roommate reported him missing, starring to his apprehension successful Missoula, KIRO reported.

Investigators located Norman's assemblage April 9. Her remains were discovered beneath a shed successful Olympia, not acold from Tenino, which they accidental Zizz had demolished and rebuilt aft Norman's household filed their missing idiosyncratic report, according to KIRO. The remains were buried and partially encased successful concrete.

Thurston County prosecutors said Zizz is serving a 93-month probation aft astir a twelvemonth successful situation for molesting a child, KIRO reported. They person asked a justice to revoke his probation, fixed the sentencing violation, and alternatively instrumentality Zizz to custody for 93 months, oregon implicit 7 years, according to the station.

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