{"id":1218491,"date":"2022-01-15T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T03:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218491"},"modified":"2022-01-15T22:04:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T03:04:21","slug":"police-find-headless-torso-in-deep-freezer-on-new-orleans-mans-property-suspect-booked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-find-headless-torso-in-deep-freezer-on-new-orleans-mans-property-suspect-booked\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Find &#039;Headless Torso&#039; in Deep Freezer on New Orleans Man&#039;s Property, Suspect Booked"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-find-headless-torso-in-deep-freezer-on-new-orleans-mans-property-suspect-booked%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218491&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mug-Shot-of-Benjamin-Beale-Accused-of-2nd-Degree-Murder-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A 34-year-old New Orleans man was booked on a second-degree murder charge days after police reported they found a woman\u2019s headless torso in a freezer on his property.<\/p>\n<p>Julia Dardar, 36, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox8live.com\/2022\/01\/12\/headless-torso-freezer-bloody-power-saw-found-home-ninth-ward-man-nopd-says-court-documents\/\">reported<\/a> missing by her estranged husband Micah Dardar on December 23,&nbsp; WVUE previously stated. He told authorities she had mental health and addiction issues adding that she moved in with a 34-year-old man named Benjamin Beale in the Florida area of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>An officer with the New Orleans Police Department met with Beale at his home, and the 34-year-old told him he had not seen her since December 16, adding he believed she was suicidal, an affidavit states per WVUE.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The outlet reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Beale agreed to meet with police again Jan. 5, and told them this time that he had not spoken to Julia Dardar since Dec. 12. He said they had been in the process of ending their co-habitation \u201cdue to her drug habits,\u201d and suggested that she might have committed suicide or overdosed in a part of the abandoned U.S. Naval Support station known to street drug users as \u201cThe End of the World.\u201d Beale told detectives he had not reported the woman as missing sooner because he had lost his cellphone and had no way to contact police.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/new-orleans-police-womans-body-freezer\">Fox News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt should be noted that Beale did not give any indication that he was worried about Julia and\/or any indication that he attempted to locate Julia,\u201d the affidavit continues. He also told police, in person, that he waited to report her missing \u201cbecause he had lost his cellular phone and did not have the means to contact police.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On January 11, the NOPD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/article\/news\/crime\/beale-facing-second-degree-murder-charges-for-dismembered-body-in-freezer\/289-c327e676-0209-4763-9a77-118b12b5f79d\">secured<\/a> a warrant to search Beale\u2019s property and found human remains, WWL reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The remains were found inside of a deep freezer on the home\u2019s property. Police said a number of extension cords led from the back of the house to a padlocked Chevrolet bus in the backyard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u201cUpon opening the lid of the freezer, investigators observed the headless torso of what appeared to be an adult human female,\u201d arrest records say.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The police report also said officers found an electric saw inside an ice chest \u201cwhich appeared to have bits of flesh and fluid on the blade surface\u201d along with a plastic face shield, goggles and garbage bags near the freezer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Authorities say they discovered a methamphetamine lab in the suspect\u2019s kitchen, according to WVUE. Beale allegedly refused to answer questions regarding the dismembered body found on his property, and authorities booked him on obstruction of justice in a death investigation, court records show.<\/p>\n<p>He was also booked on \u201cillegal carrying of a weapon in the presence of controlled dangerous substances, distribution of methamphetamine, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, and two counts of creating\/operating a clandestine drug lab,\u201d WVUE reports, citing court records.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, The NOPD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox8live.com\/2022\/01\/15\/benjamin-beale-booked-with-murder-dismembered-woman-found-frozen-his-ninth-ward-home\/\">announced<\/a> that Beale was booked on second-degree murder in addition to previous counts, according to WVUE. His initial bond was set at $400,000, but it is expected to increase in light of the murder allegation filed Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the dismembered woman has not been released.<\/p>\n<p>Once Beale\u2019s arrest became public record, social media users <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/crime_police\/article_aa7c4f40-749b-11ec-9d91-6f54cd33aaff.html\">scoured<\/a> his Facebook under the name \u201cKelly Kirkpatrick,\u201d according to NOLA.com. On his Facebook, Beale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=4828085750564360&amp;set=pb.100000889496815.-2207520000..\">posted<\/a> an image regarding the Showtime series <em>Dexter,&nbsp;<\/em>a show about a fictional vigilante serial killer, the outlet reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s smart. He\u2019s lovable. He\u2019s Dexter Morgan, America\u2019s favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0773262\/\">reads<\/a> IMBD\u2019s description of the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 34-year-old New Orleans man was booked on a second-degree murder charge days after police reported they found a woman\u2019s headless torso in a freezer on his property. 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