An active-duty soldier primarily based in Alaska stays in custody Monday after being charged within the loss of life of his spouse, whose physique was discovered after a dayslong search in Anchorage.

Army Spec. Zarrius Hildabrand, 21, was arrested Friday and charged with homicide and proof tampering after the physique of his spouse, Sara Hildabrand, was found.

According to media reviews, Spec. Hildabrand advised police he final noticed her round 10 a.m. on Aug. 6, when she left their condominium for work. 

He reported her lacking the subsequent day, Anchorage police stated.

Police discovered Sara Hildabrand’s physique Thursday in a “concealed location” alongside a path close to the couple’s condominium advanced.

Spec. Hildabrand is an artillery soldier assigned to the Army’s eleventh Airborne Division at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. His spouse was a medic within the Alaska Army National Guard.

A close-by resident advised police he heard a gunshot about 2:45 a.m. on the day the sufferer was final seen.

Police searched the couple’s condominium after Mrs. Hildabrand was reported lacking. They famous that the one mattress within the residence didn’t have sheets and was coated solely by a mattress pad.

Spec. Hildabrand refused to let detectives look beneath the mattress, Alaska Public Media, the native NPR affiliate, reported, citing courtroom paperwork.

Police later obtained a warrant and made an in depth search of the condominium.

“They described the mattress as being saturated by human blood,” Alaska Public Media reported. “There was so much blood on the mattress that the blood soaked through onto the carpet and into the wood frame.”

According to courtroom paperwork, Spec. Hildabrand made a number of purchases across the time his spouse was reported lacking, together with mattress sheets, hydrogen peroxide, an empty spray bottle and a 96-gallon trash can with wheels, based on media reviews.

Spec. Hildabrand is being held, with bail set at $500,000.

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