LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Authorities have taken a man into custody two months after a death investigation started in Auburndale.
Metro Police’s Homicide Unit had been investigating human remains found on Cristland Road on Dec. 1.
Investigators said they have taken 57-year-old David Wood into custody and have charged him with abuse of a corpse in connection to the case.
According to the arrest citation the human remains are of his mother, Trudia Wood. Wood admitted to police when she died May 2020, he wrapped her up, took her outside and left her on the back porch.
Neighbors told WHAS11 News in December the home where the remains were found was vacant.
Investigators are working with the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office to determine how Trudia Wood died.
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