MT. WASHINGTON, KY - A man from Kentucky allegedly beat his wife to death to the point where she looked "unrecognizable."
The alleged suspect, 67-year-old Richard Chesher, is now in custody at the Bullitt County Detention Center after Mount Washington Police Department (MWPD) officers arrested him in connection with the death of his wife, Law & Crime reported.
Chesher was arrested Friday night, March 6, after police responded to his home and found him covered in blood. An arrest report reviewed by WDKY states that Chesher was standing in his garage next to the bloodied, dead body of his wife.
When police found Chesher, he was allegedly trying to load his wife's body into the back of a pickup truck. Police said as they searched Chesher's home, they found a trail of blood that started inside the house and ended in the garage. Officers also found a "club-life piece of wood" at the scene that was covered in blood.
Chesher's wife was allegedly "beaten so badly around her face and head she was unrecognizable." The arrest report states that a pickup truck was backed up to the garage door with a makeshift ramp going up the truck bed. The body of Chesher's wife was allegedly wrapped up with a garden hose.
Chesher reportedly tried to close the garage door on the police when they arrived, but they were able to detain him without further incident.
He has since been charged with murder, domestic violence, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse. He made his first court appearance on Monday, March 9. A judge set his bail at $1 million cash. He is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on March 17.
The alleged suspect, 67-year-old Richard Chesher, is now in custody at the Bullitt County Detention Center after Mount Washington Police Department (MWPD) officers arrested him in connection with the death of his wife, Law & Crime reported.
Chesher was arrested Friday night, March 6, after police responded to his home and found him covered in blood. An arrest report reviewed by WDKY states that Chesher was standing in his garage next to the bloodied, dead body of his wife.
When police found Chesher, he was allegedly trying to load his wife's body into the back of a pickup truck. Police said as they searched Chesher's home, they found a trail of blood that started inside the house and ended in the garage. Officers also found a "club-life piece of wood" at the scene that was covered in blood.
Chesher's wife was allegedly "beaten so badly around her face and head she was unrecognizable." The arrest report states that a pickup truck was backed up to the garage door with a makeshift ramp going up the truck bed. The body of Chesher's wife was allegedly wrapped up with a garden hose.
Chesher reportedly tried to close the garage door on the police when they arrived, but they were able to detain him without further incident.
He has since been charged with murder, domestic violence, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse. He made his first court appearance on Monday, March 9. A judge set his bail at $1 million cash. He is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on March 17.
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