Suspect arrested after woman found decapitated in Clarksville apartment

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — A fishy was arrested and charged with execution aft a pistillate was recovered decapitated and dismembered astatine an flat successful Clarksville Tuesday morning.

Authorities successful Clarksville called the transgression brutal and heinous, noting that it’s 1 of the worst successful the department’s history.

“32 years arsenic a constabulary serviceman and I’ve ne'er seen thing similar this,” said Clarksville Police Department Chief Mark Palmer.

“Yesterday’s transgression scene, successful my 23 years, is astir apt 1 of the astir horrific that we’ve been progressive in,” said Maj. Joel DeMoss. “As a instrumentality enforcement officer, we privation to spot justness and to immoderate that grade that is, particularly erstwhile you spot a brutal transgression country similar that and the viciousness of it.”

Officers were called to an flat successful the 400 artifact of Kensington Avenue Tuesday astir 8 a.m. connected reports of a fire. When they arrived to the scene, investigators recovered a woman’s body. The unfortunate has been identified arsenic 67-year-old Melody Gambetty.

Authorities instantly began canvassing the country and looking done surveillance video for evidence.

A fishy was rapidly identified arsenic Brian Williams. He was arrested aboriginal Tuesday and charged with execution connected Wednesday.

Surveillance video showed Williams carrying a suitcase retired of the victim’s home.

Police served a hunt warrant astatine the suspect’s location wherever they recovered further evidence, including a suitcase wherever assemblage parts were found, constabulary said.

Authorities bash not judge Williams knew the victim.

“We judge this was astir apt a botched robbery oregon location penetration and it conscionable went bad,” said DeMoss.

Items missing from Gambetty’s location were besides recovered astatine the suspect’s apartment, constabulary said.

Police judge Williams killed Gambetty connected Monday and returned to the country aboriginal successful an effort to get escaped of evidence.

“We’re precise adjacent here. Neighbors cognize neighbors. Kids cognize kids… the neighbors ticker retired for each other,” said Palmer. “So erstwhile you person specified a heinous transgression specified arsenic this…it conscionable sends a shockwave done the community.”

The probe is ongoing.