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Nurse and mother of three 'murdered by boyfriend who dumped body parts in recycling bin'
Ingrid Lyne, 40, vanished after meeting John Robert Charlton, 37, at the Seattle Mariner's opening home game in Seattle on Friday night.
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The mum-of-three, from nearby Renton, was reported missing by her ex-husband on Saturday morning when she failed to collect their children as planned, the Daily News reported.
Investigators searching Ingrid home in Renton, Seattle found a 15-inch pruning saw, swabs of blood and an empty box of bin liners identical to those in which her remains were found.
Prosecutor Jennifer Worley said in court yesterday that detectives found human flesh and blood in Ingrid’s bathtub near the saw.
She and Charlton had been dating for six to eight weeks before she vanished, KOMO-TV reported.
Her friend Nancy Sivitilli said, Ingrid had been dating Charlton long enough to form a trusting relationship with him.
She said: "She didn't see any red flags. She would have never, ever, ever taken a risk if she thought there was (anything wrong)."
On the day her husband reported her missing, a neighbour discovered the head, arm, lower leg and foot in his bin.
Seattle police arrested Charlton on Monday, he has been remanded in custody and placed under $2million (£1.4m) bail. He faces being charged with murder.
Charlton's parents briefly asked for a restraining order against him in 2006 when he became drunk and abusive.
In the filing, which was later dropped, they said he allegedly took the serial killer movie “Hannibal” down from a shelf and told his mother she should watch it and “beware.”
Charlton had cuts on and scratches on his forehead, hands and chest and injuries to his lip and chin when he was arrested Monday, police said.
King 5 News reported he told investigators he went to the baseball game with Lyne and then went to her place but was too drunk to remember what happened next.
He added that he was 'unsure' how he left Lyne's residence, claiming that he assumed she must have driven him back to Seattle, where, he claimed, he slept on the pavement.
