A North Carolina man that had been missing for one month was found dismembered and buried inside a barrel filled with concrete behind his alleged killer’s home, police said.
Police did not reveal what led them to Bright’s Sanford property, but said they executed a search warrant over the course of two days and found the 55-gallon barrel.
The vat had been hidden in a “heavily wooded area” on Bright’s land and was filled with concrete. Police suspected human remains were inside. “The Medical Examiner’s Office removed the concrete and discovered a dismembered body inside of the barrel,” the sheriff’s office said. The remains were identified as Cox, who at that time had not been heard from for more than one month.Bright, 42, had only been out of prison for seven months and was on parole when Cox went missing, police said.
He was arrested on Jan. 6 for unrelated charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and controlled substance but was bonded out of jail.Jackie Lamar Bright was charged with the murder of Cox., detectives found a stolen side-by-side ATV inside a covered outbuilding on Bright’s land during their search.Bright is in custody of the North Carolina Department of Corrections as police continue investigating.
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