Overview

• Deputies responding around 3 a.m. to Disputanta Road were following up on a missing-person complaint when they located remains in a yard.
• Investigators say the remains were concealed under a tarp with other objects outside the home.
• Kentucky State Police arrested 40-year-old Tausha Flores Mejia at the scene without incident.
• Mejia faces charges including murder, abuse of a corpse, first-degree burglary and robbery, tampering with physical evidence, and receiving stolen property.
• She is held at the Rockcastle County Detention Center as autopsy and toxicology results are awaited and additional charges are possible.