A man who police suspect disposed of the body of an Alabama woman who disappeared after leaving a Birmingham bar has been captured in Ohio, authorities say
Frederick Hampton was arrested Wednesday in the Cleveland suburb of Garfield Heights by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, according to the US Marshals Service. Frederick HamptonPaighton Houston, 29, was last seen December 20. Her body was found in a shallow grave behind a house in Hueytown, Alabama, just west of Birmingham, earlier this month, Trussville police Detective Ben Short has said.
Birmingham police have said she left the bar with two men, and appeared to be doing so willingly.Read MoreFederal charges are also possibleTask force officers forced their way into the home in Ohio where Hampton was found, but authorities say he surrendered without resisting. It's unclear when he will be extradited to Alabama, where he would face state charges.
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