TAMPA - Justin Hawker’s attorney entered a plea of "Not Guilty" at his arraignment on Monday, which was expected following his pretrial detention hearing last week. The defense waived his appearance in court to begin working on his case.

The backstory:

On Sept. 19, the Tampa Police Department discovered the decomposing remains of a woman wrapped in bedding and bound with duct tape.

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The body was located in a vacant lot at 1502 N 39th St.

During their investigation, they found surveillance video that looked at the field where the body was found.

In that video, a driver used a vehicle to dump the body there on Sept. 11. A vehicle matching the video was recovered at 39th St. and 3rd Ave. It was disabled due

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