NewsFebruary 15, 2004
Police ID body found in cistern
BELLFLOWER, Mo. -- A body found in a cistern beneath his home has been identified as a 51-year-old man. Jeffrey Maher's body was found Wednesday by Montgomery County and Missouri State Highway Patrol officers investigating a tip that a corpse was being concealed at the house in this community, about 80 miles west of St. Louis...
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BELLFLOWER, Mo. -- A body found in a cistern beneath his home has been identified as a 51-year-old man.
Jeffrey Maher's body was found Wednesday by Montgomery County and Missouri State Highway Patrol officers investigating a tip that a corpse was being concealed at the house in this community, about 80 miles west of St. Louis.
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A housemate, Patricia Landrum, 53, has been charged with abandoning a corpse. She's free on $5,000 bond.
An autopsy was done Thursday, though investigators said toxicology results won't be known for several weeks.
Sheriff Bob Davis said Maher apparently died several months ago.
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