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A Kentucky man has been arrested and charged with killing his wife in Bullitt County.

Richard Chesher is facing murder-domestic violence, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.

Officers with the Mount Washington Police Department were dispatched to the 100 block of Williamsburg Court just after 9 p.m. Friday.

Arrest records state officers arrived to find Chesher standing at his open garage door with blood all over his clothes and hands and face.

When Chesher allegedly saw police, that’s when officers say they noticed a body on the garage floor covered in what appeared to be blood.

Police identified the person on the ground as Bonnie Chesher – Richard’s wife. Police said Bonnie had been beaten so badly, she was unrecognizable.

They determined Richard attacked Bonnie inside the home and also said a “large piece of club-like wood” was found and had blood on it. They believe she had been wrapped up in a garden hose and dragged into the garage due to a “smeared trail of blood” police found.

Their preliminary investigation also stated a truck was backed up to the garage and boards had been used to make a ramp to the truck to remove the body.

No one else was inside the home and police confirmed Bonnie and Richard were the only two who lived there.

Richard is being held at the Bullitt County Detention Center without bond.

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