DETECTIVES investigating the death of a York nursery worker have charged a man with preventing her lawful burial.
The body of 25-year-old Claire Lucas was found at a flat in Fourth Avenue, Tang Hall, by North Yorkshire Police officers on July 2, last year.
A murder investigation was launched, and four hours later a 35-year-old man was arrested in his vehicle in nearby Melrosegate.
The murder investigation was later dropped in September 2018.
On Monday, March 18, 2019, police confirmed a 35-year-old man had been "charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body and theft".
The man is due to appear before York and Selby Magistrates’ Court next month.
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