Decomposed woman's body found in ditch as police follow chilling laptop clue

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Tampa Bay Times. Redden co-operated with detectives at first, claiming that Shenefield arrived at his house at 1am to hang out and spend the night there, before leaving the following morning.He claimed he didn't know where Shenefield had gone and allowed police to search his home, officials said, including his video surveillance cameras that covered the inside and outside of his home.Redden initially claimed the system didn't record and allowed detectives to take the footage.However officials found that it had recorded the night in question and they saw her arriving at 1.20am on June 3.She was later being carried out by Redden in view of the camera.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here."Sometime during the night, Stephanie dies inside that residence," the Sheriff added. "We do not know the cause of death, but what we do know is that William Redden does nothing about it."He doesn’t call 911.

He doesn’t call authorities. He doesn’t call anyone."Police say the footage showed Redden dragging what appears to be a body wrapped in a sheet into the backseat of his car before driving off at about 12.20pm.However, when police went back to speak with Redden, he refused to co-operate after realising what detectives saw on the video footage.The authorities then began tracking her electronic devices in an attempt to find her body.Officials got a call from two Palmetto residents who were walking their dogs and said they spotted a body in a drainage ditch in a field.Cops say that it appears she was dropped off at that location several days before.“Stephanie was badly decomposed,” the Sheriff said. “It took us a while to identify her and notify the family.”Detectives charged.