NM official says woman whose remains found in Kansas truck was 42-year-old from Albuquerque

NM official IDs remains found in truck in Kansas

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico official says a woman whose remains were among those found in a truck at a Kansas medical waste facility was 42 and from Albuquerque.

Amy Boule of the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator says Thursday the remains were those of Jacqueline Marie Snyder of Albuquerque. Snyder was identified through a tag that shows her body went to the medical investigator’s office Nov. 1 for an autopsy and was turned over to a funeral home on Nov. 3.

Albuquerque police on Wednesday arrested the owner of a business linked to the discovery of six heads and numerous other human body parts in a truck at a Kansas medical waste facility.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police have arrested the owner of a business that has been linked to the discovery of six heads and numerous other human body parts in a truck at a Kansas medical waste facility.

The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center says Bio Care Southwest owner Paul Montano was arrested on three counts of fraud. He was being held on $100,000 bond.

The arrest came after investigators spoke with Montano on Wednesday.

Sealed plastic bags containing the heads and body parts were found last week in 12 tubs inside a delivery truck at a Stericycle Inc. facility in Kansas City, Kan.

Kansas authorities say Stericycle disposes of waste such as operating room debris or syringes but doesn’t incinerate major body parts.