OVERTON CO., Tenn. (WSMV) - A man has been arrested and charged one week after a body was found in a burning refrigerator on the side of a Tennessee road.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of Edward Randolph, 49, on Thursday.

The TBI identified the body as Hope Parrott, 48, the girlfriend of Randolph. “Further investigation revealed Parrott’s boyfriend, Edward Randolph, killed her and transported her body in a refrigerator, which he later set on fire,” the TBI said.

District Attorney Bryant Dunaway said ‘sufficient evidence’ was obtained Wednesday night to support arrest warrants for Randolph.

Randolph was charged with one count of first degree murder and one count of abuse of a corpse. He was booked into the Overton County jail on a $50,000,000 bond.

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