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The search for Jennifer Rothwell continues in Missouri, but authorities do not believe the missing woman will be found alive after finding blood-stained carpeting saturated with bleach in the St. Louis home she shared with her husband.
Two days after Jennifer was reported missing, her husband, Beau, was taken into police custody and is now being held on $100,000 bond on a charge of tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution in connection with Jennifer’s disappearance.
Beau is also being held on suspicion of first-degree murder.
Officers spent hours searching a field in St. Louis on Thursday, trying to find any trace of Jennifer, 28.
Police allege he purchased carpet cleaner, gloves and bleach.
A search of the Rothwell home on Wednesday turned up wet carpeting that was soaked in bleach, say police.
Beau Rothwell.AP/Shutterstock/St. Louis County Police Department
According to the charging documents, Beau allegedly “purchased and applied cleaning products to a large area of blood in effort to destroy or remove physical evidence with the purpose to impair its availability in an investigation into the murder of Jennifer Rothwell.”
A motive for the presumed slaying is unclear.
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Her abandoned car was recovered less than two miles from her home.
It was unclear Friday if Beau had entered a plea or retained an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
Jennifer Rothwell is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 150 lbs. She has long, light brown curly hair and was last seen wearing business attire.
The couple first got together in 2013, marrying in 2015.
Before his arrest on Wednesday afternoon, Beau posted a message on Facebook about Jennifer.
“Some of you may have heard already, but last night my wife Jennifer went missing,” he wrote, before urging people with information to contact police.
source: people.com
