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Aug. 20, 2021St. Joseph, Mo. |  By: AP

Man charged after body found inside St. Joseph home

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A 24-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after a body was found inside a St. Joseph home.

Tucker J. Autenrieth was charged Wednesday in the death of 37-year-old Santos Jackson, whose body was found at a home that is listed as Autenrieth’s address, prosecutors said.

The owner of the home told police Jackson was killed in the basement of the residence on Monday, The St. Joseph News-Press reported. 

Court documents say Autenrieth told police Jackson entered the home Monday with a firearm and the men got into a fight.

Autenrieth said he hit Jackson with a machete and shot him as he tried to crawl toward the gun, according to documents filed in Buchanan County. Autenrieth wrapped the body in plastic and tried to use bleach to clean up the scene, according to court documents.