Skeletal remains identified as those of robbery suspect
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) - Skeletal remains discovered two months ago in Tennessee have been identified as belonging to the primary suspect in a robbery nearly a year ago.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2skz7tT ) the Cleveland Police Department said in a Facebook post Thursday that an autopsy at a Knoxville forensic center confirmed that bones found March 29 were that of Joshua Arp.
Police say that Arp was the primary suspect in the June 2016 robbery of a pharmacy in which morphine pills were taken. A warrant was obtained for his arrest, but Arp couldn't be found.
The autopsy report ruled Arp's death as a suicide by morphine overdose. A date of death hasn't been released.
Police say Arp had a criminal history, including convictions for aggravated robbery and abuse of a corpse.