AUGUST 26, 2010
HARRISON (AP) — An Arkansas man was jailed Wednesday on suspicion of murder in the death of his wife after her body was found in a shallow grave near the couple's home outside Harrison, the Boone County sheriff said.
Morris Dean Davis, 60, was being held without bond after investigators found the body of Lisa Marie Davis, 45, buried and partially encased in concrete on the property where the couple had lived since 2003. Authorities went to the home after a family friend reported Lisa Davis had disappeared, Sheriff Danny Hickman said.
Investigators believe she had been dead for about a month.
During questioning, Morris Davis eventually told investigators where they could find his wife's body, the sheriff said. He told officers his wife had committed suicide and "that he buried her on the property to keep her close," Hickman said.
But investigators don't believe Lisa Davis killed herself, based on evidence gathered in the case, including a possible Internet relationship she was having, Hickman said.
Morris Davis was being held in the Boone County Jail. He faces charges of first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. Hickman said a charge of manufacturing a controlled substance was also filed after officers found more than 100 marijuana plants on his property.
His wife's body was sent to the state medical examiner's office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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