CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — Aubrey Lumpkin, the man accused of holding an elderly couple hostage in a Green Cove Springs home in April, was charged with manslaughter on Wednesday.
The State Attorney’s Office said this is in connection with human remains found at the very same home.
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Lumpkin made several statements to deputies saying he killed someone, buried someone on the property and may have had an accomplice.
On Wednesday, SAO confirmed that “the manslaughter charge is in relation to the human remains.”
Sheriff Michelle Cook said those remains were found in the woods behind the Green Cove Springs home. SAO said the remains have not been identified.
Lumpkin was arrested after the Clay County Sheriff’s Office found the elderly couple tied up with duct tape for more than 48 hours and in rough shape.
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