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• On July 3, Andover Township (New Jersey) police received a call about a dead body found under a deck in the town.
"The detective and officers began to check the area under the deck when they did indeed confirm a deceased (human) body was contained within the doghouse," police said, according to Law & Crime.
Two days later, Brian Cheda-Hackembruch, 25, and Matthew R. Thomas, 27, were arrested for disturbing or desecrating human remains -- but not with murder.
It appears the deceased was a resident of Hopatcong, New Jersey, who died from a "medical emergency."
Cheda-Hackembruch and Thomas placed the body in the trunk of a car belonging to the victim, then called a towing company to have the car moved to Andover.
Then, the two allegedly moved the body to the doghouse belonging to an unsuspecting family.
Police didn't clarify the relationship of the victim to the suspects or any motive for their elaborate plan. [Law & Crime, 7/8/2021]