Melanie Lynn Callison
She was reported missing by her sister September 25th.
The last reported sighting of Melanie was by her husband, Ed Callison, Sept. 12, after a camping trip.
Ed told police that Melanie had taken her possessions and left after the camping trip and planned to go to Hayward, California.
On Oct. 27, Ed admitted making up the story about Melanie about going to California. but didn't reveal anything else about her whereabouts.
Police had been to the campsite near mile marker 18 on State Road 24, where the woman's family said the couple liked to camp.
Authorities found bone fragments in a fire pit.
On November 10th, Ed files for divorce.
On November 12th, a forensic anthropologist identified the bone fragments as human.
On November 13th, officers arrested Ed and he agreed to take police to the campsite and explain what happened.
Melanie and Ed were married for about six months.
Ed took his wife to a mountain campsite where he gave her a massive dose of Percocet and Clonazepam.
She washed them down with orange juice and vodka.
Melanie overdosed and died.
Ed then used an ax and a knife to dismember her body and drag it to shallow grave.
He further dismembered her into small pieces, and then began to burn the pieces until it was all burned except for her torso.
He buried the her torso, and buried the ashes in a different spot.
Ed told detectives that he wanted his wife dead for awhile.
He said that,
He wanted some peace in his life and he was tired of living with a drug addict."
He was charged in Richfield's 6th District Court with first-degree felony murder, second-degree felony obstruction of justice and third-degree felony abuse or desecration of a human body.
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