Dec. 30–A former Seattle man who had recently closed his business managing cadavers for research and moved to Arizona was arrested Tuesday for allegedly dumping severed limbs and heads throughout two remote areas outside of Prescott, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office.
The investigation started over the weekend when 19 human limbs and five severed human heads were found, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The remains were traced back to Walter Mitchell, 59, who closed his business, Future GenX, earlier this year and moved to Scottsdale, where he was arrested Tuesday and charged with 28 counts of unlawful discarding of human remains.
It is illegal to knowingly move a body or remains with an intent to abandon them, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office.