A Missouri man is charged with 2nd degree murder after human remains found in a burn pile.
Bradley Keith of Eldorado Springs has been charged with the crime in connection to the death of 27 year old Shaniya Haynes of Joplin. Haynes was found in a burn pile in Vernon County, Missouri, earlier this month. The cause of her death will be determined following a full autopsy.
Keith has claimed Haynes' death was an accident, that he was involved in a struggle with the victim over a weapon, when the weapon discharged, causing her death. Inverstogators say Keith led them to the location of a .22 pistol hidden inside a log in rural Vernon County.
Keith and two other men have also been charged with evidence tampering and abandonment of a corpse in the case. All three are currently being held in the Cedar County Jail.
