Body of Missing Elkridge Woman Found Under Shed After 21 Years, Husband Charged

Robert Jarrett has been charged in the death of his former wife, whose body police believe they found buried in concrete under a shed.

Police have found the body of a woman they believe was killed 21 years ago and charged her husband, who lives on Claire Drive in Elkridge, in her killing. Detectives Wednesday searched the property of Robert Jarrett, 57, and found a body buried in concrete under his shed. Police have charged him with first and second-degree murder in the killing of his former wife, Christine Jarrett, whom he reported missing in 1991. Robert Jarrett's current wife, from whom police said he is now separated, lived at the property. "Police received permission from the current wife to conduct a search of the property and found the remains of a woman believed to be Christine Jarrett under the floorboards of a shed, buried in concrete," said the Howard County …

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