Man, woman charged after body found behind apartment house

ERIE, Pa. – A man and a woman have been charged following the discovery of human remains in a shallow grave behind an apartment house in northwestern Pennsylvania.

The Erie Times-News reports that Erie police have reported finding a body wrapped in plastic Saturday that was exhumed by detectives and members of the Mercyhurst University forensic anthropology team.

Thirty-three-year-old Antonio McLaurin and 28-year-old Elizabeth Taylor are charged with neglect of a care-dependent person, aggravated assault, abuse of a corpse, conspiracy and evidence-tampering.

Investigators said in an affidavit of probable cause that the remains are those of a man for whom the defendants were caregivers. The Erie County coroner is scheduled to perform an autopsy Monday.