Police Responded to a Refrigerator in Flames on the Roadside — and Made a Sad Discovery that Solved a Weeks-Long Mystery By Christine Pelisek

A Tennessee man is accused of killing his girlfriend, transporting her body in a refrigerator and then setting it on fire.

Edward Randolph, 49, is facing one count of first-degree murder and one count of abuse of a corpse in connection with the death of 46-year-old Hope Parrott, according to a Thursday, Aug. 7 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation press release.

He is being held on a $50,000 bond.

The investigation began on July 31 after Parrott’s body was discovered on Sunk Cane Road in Crawford. The District Attorney General for the 13th Judicial District of Tennessee said in a statement on Facebook that the body was found “discarded and burned.”

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An Overton County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson told McClatchy News that authorities found the refrigerator containing Parrott’s remains after a woman reported a fire on a rural road around 1 a.m. on July 31.

Parrott’s family had filed a missing person report on July 5 after they couldn’t get a hold of her, per McClatchy News.

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