Richard Keith Wilder’s mugshot (Courtesy: Marion County Sheriff’s Department)

MARION COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- A man has been arrested after authorities say he burned his dead father’s body.

This is according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

They say that Richard Keith Wilder of Whitwell hid and burned his father’s corpse in Mullins Cove.

After a joint investigation between the Marion and Hamilton County Sheriff’s Offices, they discovered the human remains inside of a fire pit.

Deputies arrested Wilder yesterday and charged him with one count of abuse of a corpse.

He has been booked in the Marion County Jail and will appear in court next Wednesday.

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