A man and a woman have been charged following the discovery of human remains in a shallow grave behind an apartment house in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Erie police have reported finding a body wrapped in plastic Saturday that was exhumed by detectives and members of the Mercyhurst University forensic anthropology team, The Erie Times-News reports.
Thirty-three-year-old Antonio McLaurin and 28-year-old Elizabeth Taylor are charged with neglect of a care-dependent person, aggravated assault, abuse of a corpse, conspiracy and evidence-tampering.
Investigators said in an affidavit of probable cause that the remains are those of a man for whom the defendants were caregivers.
A man and a woman have been charged following the discovery of human remains in a shallow grave behind an apartment house in northwestern Pennsylvania
![Antonio McLaurin, 33, was arrested by police in Erie and charged](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/15/22/4E4AFFEC00000578-5956541-image-m-12_1531691328521.jpg)
Antonio McLaurin, 33, was arrested by police in Erie and charged
![Elizabeth Taylor, 28, is arrested by authorities in Erie, Pennsylvania](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/15/22/4E4B000300000578-5956541-image-m-19_1531691422672.jpg)
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Elizabeth Taylor, 28, is arrested by authorities in Erie, Pennsylvania
The Erie County coroner is scheduled to perform an autopsy Monday.
Court documents don’t list attorneys for the defendants and listed numbers for them couldn’t be found Sunday.
‘At this time, we’re not releasing any information regarding the body,’ Erie Bureau of Police Chief Dan Spizarny said on Saturday night.
‘We’re treating it as a death investigation.
‘We received a tip from the Millcreek Police Department and our detectives were called out at about 1am, met up with the Millcreek detectives and have been working non-stop with it.’
![Investigators said in an affidavit of probable cause that the remains are those of a man for whom the defendants were caregivers](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/15/22/4E4AFFE700000578-5956541-image-a-20_1531691676030.jpg)
Investigators said in an affidavit of probable cause that the remains are those of a man for whom the defendants were caregivers
Spizarny added: ‘There were charges drawn up, and that information is based on the little bit of information we were able to obtain today.
‘Whether or not it’s all accurate, we don’t know. We haven’t verified all this investigation so far.
‘The detectives will be back in on Sunday and we expect to be able to release more information on Monday.’
Spizarny said that the body was spotted at 3:15pm on Saturday.
Forensic investigators were then summoned to the scene to collect evidence.
‘There is going to be a lot of information that comes out as the investigation goes on,’ Spizarny said.
‘This is something where there is time frame that has gone on for a little while, and until all our facts are straight and correct, we’re going to continue investigating it.’