SEATTLE (AP) – A woman who authorities say was slain and dismembered in her suburban home and then had her remains placed in a Seattle recycling bin was a beloved mother of three as well as a sister and friend, her family says.
Ingrid Lyne’s relatives released a statement Tuesday following the initial court appearance of the suspect in her slaying in which they also thanked authorities.
“Thank you to all of you in what has truly been our darkest hour,” the statement said.
A King County judge ordered John Robert Charlton held on $2 million bail and prosecutors said he could face a second-degree murder charge later this week.
Charlton has a criminal history spanning six states and his parents had sought a restraining order against him in 2006, saying he had taken the movie “Hannibal” – about a serial killer – from a shelf and told his mother she should watch it and “beware.”