Suspect Charged With Murder in Body Parts Case

SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors have filed a first-degree murder charge against a man accused of killing and dismembering a woman he recently started dating and dumping her remains in a Seattle recycling bin over the weekend.

The King County Prosecutor's Office says John Charlton killed 40-year-old Ingrid Lyne in her suburban Renton home and drove some of her body parts to Seattle in her vehicle.

The medical examiner says Lyne was intentionally killed but didn't say how she died or when.

Charlton also is charged with theft of a motor vehicle. Lyne's car was found in downtown Seattle on Monday.

Charlton is in jail on $2 million bail. His public defender, Gordon Hill, said no forensic evidence linked any particular person to the crime.

Charlton's next court appearance is set for late April.