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 John Charlton, 37, has been charged in the first degree murder of
Ingrid Lyne, a 40-year-old nurse and mother of three girls.
Lyne's head, arm, and leg were discovered on April 9 wrapped in
plastic and tossed in the recycling container of a Seattle home.
More remains were discovered by sanitation workers on Friday and are
likely connected to Lyne's murder, police said in an online media
release.
Friends told police Lyne and Charlton had met online and had been
seeing each other about a month when she disappeared on April 8
after the pair attended a Seattle Mariners baseball game.
 She was reported missing the next morning after her ex-husband tried
to drop off their three girls at her suburban Renton home and
couldn't locate her, police said.
Investigators, who searched Lyne's house, found swabs of blood and a
15-inch pruning saw in the bathroom.
In an interview with detectives, Charlton acknowledged he went to
the baseball game with Lyne and the two returned to her home,
according to the documents.
He said he was too drunk to remember much of what happened next and
that Lyne eventually drove him to Seattle, according to the
documents.
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Detectives noted cuts on Charlton's forehead, according to the
document, though he denied having any injuries.
His attorney has said no forensic evidence links him to the crime.
Charlton is being held on $2 million bail and is due to be arraigned
on April 27.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Michael Perry)
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