A Montgomery County man killed his wife and attempted to cover it up, according to police.
Reginald Dunlap Jr. is now charged with first-degree murder after his wife, Lauren Charles, was found dead Sunday inside the couple’s home.
According to court documents, Dunlap called 911 Sunday afternoon, claiming he’d gotten back from church and found Charles dead.
When police entered the home, they said they smelled bleach immediately, saw blood on Dunlap’s hand, and also blood all over the master bedroom, where Charles was found.
The room had been ransacked, apparently after Charles had already been injured and bleeding, and in addition to the bleach, detectives said they found empty packaging from paper towels and also a scrub brush that was still wet.
Dunlap would later tell police he and his wife were potentially on the verge of separating even though he didn’t want to split up, according to charging documents, which also stated police found no signs of forced entry at the home.