Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
NEW YORK (AP) — Police have captured a man they say was seen wheeling a woman's dead body on a dolly and leaving it on the front lawn of a New York City home.
Thirty-one-year-old Anthony Lopez was arrested Saturday on murder and concealing a human corpse charges.
The New York Police Department says Lopez fled Friday morning after an off-duty detective saw him wheeling the corpse, covered with a sheet, on Staten Island and tried to question him.
Police say that officers, acting on a tip, located Lopez in Manhattan and arrested him after a brief foot chase. They say he'd shaved his head.
The medical examiner will determine what caused the death of 26-year-old Aduba Obiamaka, who police believe was Lopez's wife.
It wasn't immediately known if Lopez has a lawyer.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
