58-year-old woman arrested after human remains found in Ohio house

LANCASTER, Fairfield County — A woman was arrested after authorities found human remains inside an Ohio house on Wednesday, according to our media partners WBNS-10 TV.

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While investigating a missing persons case, the Lancaster Police Department served a search warrant at a house on the 300 block of Lynwood Lane around 2:30 p.m..

Detectives located human remains inside, according to the department.

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On Oct. 10, detectives located and arrested Katharine Arnold, 58, of Lancaster.

She was booked into the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office Jail on one count of abuse of a corpse.

The identity of the person found in the house was not immediately available.

The Lancaster Police Department will continue to investigate this incident.

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