Arrest Made after Body Found in Burning Refrigerator in Tennessee

The body found inside the burning refrigerator in Overton County was identified as Hope Parrott, according to the TBI. (Courtesy: TBI)

Arrest Made after Body Found in Burning Refrigerator in Tennessee

Overton County, TN (WOKI) A man has been arrested and charged one week after a body was found in a burning refrigerator on the side of a Tennessee road.

Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say 49-year-old Edward Randolph was arrested Wednesday in connection to the death of his girlfriend 48-year-old Hope Parrott.

The TBI says investigators determined that Randolph killed Parrot and transported her body in a refrigerator, which he later set on fire along Sunk Cane Road in Crawford.

Randolph was charged with one count of first degree murder and one count of abuse of a corpse and booked into the Overton County jail on a $50,000,000 bond.

Edward Randolph, 49. (Courtesy: District Attorney Bryant Dunaway)