Man admits killing spouse, lived with decomposing physique for weeks in Texas dwelling

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A Texas man allegedly admitted to killing his spouse and concealing her decomposing physique of their dwelling for a month, reportedly telling investigators he wished to "go large or go dwelling" along with his first offense.

Charles Byrd, 49, was apprehended on Sunday following a day-long search initiated after a member of the family contacted authorities, claiming Byrd had confessed to murdering his spouse, Angela Byrd. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar shared the small print throughout a press convention.

Deputies discovered Angela Byrd, 44, deceased and wrapped in plastic contained in the couple’s dwelling, the place Byrd allegedly lived for weeks because the physique decomposed, in accordance with the sheriff.

Salazar mentioned a very disturbing remark from Byrd left a "enormous impression" on the investigator.

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Bexar County authorities arrested Charles Byrd after he allegedly confessed to murdering his spouse and concealing her plastic-wrapped physique of their dwelling for weeks. (Bexar County Sheriff's Workplace)

"He instructed the investigator he had by no means been in bother with the legislation earlier than after which blurted out the remark to our investigator, ‘You already know, go large or go dwelling'," Salazar recalled. "It was a fairly disturbing comment."

"That was fairly surprising to me, to listen to that he... used that to explain what we imagine to be, at this level, proof of the homicide of his spouse. I simply discovered that very, very surprising."

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Suspect Charles Byrd instructed investigators he wished to 'go large or go dwelling' along with his first prison offense (Bexar County Sheriff's Workplace)

Byrd reportedly repeated his confession to an area reporter after being discovered at a vacant home a couple of mile away from the scene.

"I’m so sorry. I cherished my spouse," he told KSAT, attributing his actions to a "psychological break."

Authorities mentioned Byrd cooperated with the investigation and offered particulars about the violent incident that occurred on June 16. He additionally allegedly acknowledged that he anticipated the physique would ultimately be found.

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Bexar County Sheriff's Workplace gives particulars on the arrest of Charles Byrd, who admitted to killing his spouse and concealing her physique. (Bexar County Sheriff's Workplace)

Byrd is at the moment going through fees for tampering with proof involving a human corpse. Additional murder charges are pending as officers await the willpower of Angela’s official explanation for dying.

"As soon as we get the ruling of the medical expert, if certainly they're able to verify that these stays are of Angela Byrd and if they're to verify that she was certainly the sufferer of a murder, then at that time, primarily based upon among the admissions that had been made by Mr. Byrd, we might be looking for at the least a homicide cost on him," Salazar mentioned.

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Byrd stays in custody on the Bexar County Jail and is present process a psychological well being analysis.

Stepheny Worth is a author for Fox Information Digital and Fox Enterprise. She covers matters together with lacking individuals, homicides, nationwide crime circumstances, unlawful immigration, and extra. Story suggestions and concepts might be despatched to stepheny.worth@fox.com

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