Updated: May 14 2021, 1:11 ET
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A CONVICTED murderer who allegedly hacked a woman to death and buried her remains in his backyard has been arrested,
Johnny Edwards Malisham, 60, was arrested by the Santa Rosa Sheriff s Office on Tuesday for murder after police found human remains buried under a burn pit behind his Florida home.
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Johnny Edwards Malisham was charged with murder after someone told police there was a dead body buried in his backyardCredit: SRCSO
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He was apparently identified when someone calling about a missing woman pointed fingers at Malisham.
On Sunday, the caller told the Butler County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama that Malisham killed Cynthia Hoover, 60, with a hatchet.
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“Investigators discovered sufficient evidence and probable cause to obtain a warrant for the arrest of Malisham on homicide charges,” the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office wrote, according to a press release.
The tipster told law enforcement that she has known Malisham for 15 years and he asked her to help him hide the body. She claims the victim is 60-year-old
Cynthia Hoover and that Malisham killed her with a hatchet in March, cracking open her skull. The tipster initially contacted the Butler County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama and told them about the body in Malisham’s backyard, according to the arrest report obtained by
Sheriff: Florida man arrested after remains found in yard
May 12, 2021 GMT
MILTON, Fla. (AP) A Florida man faces homicide charges after investigators following up on a tip about a missing woman found human remains buried in his backyard.
The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that they are working to identify the remains found in the yard of Johnny Edwards Malisham, 60.
A tipster told the Butler County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama on Sunday that Malisham killed Cynthia Hoover, 60, with a hatchet and then buried her body under a burn pit behind his home near Milton, WEAR reported.
They alerted officials in Santa Rosa County, and they began searching the yard, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook.