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Two brothers, including one from Blue Springs, were charged with abandoning a corpse after the body of a 48-year-old woman was found in a creek about two miles west of Garden City, Mo., in Cass County.
Lance S. Gross, 52, of Blue Springs, and Marlin S. Gross, 49, of Lee’s Summit, were charged Monday. A $150,000 bond was set for Lance after he was arraigned Monday in Circuit Court, and a warrant has been issued for Marlin, who is not in police custody.
According to court documents, a witness told police on Saturday that she believed a murder had occurred in Blue Springs on Jan. 20. The witness told police that her friend, Marlin, had told her that he had helped his brother dispose of the body of a female with whom Lance was having sexual relations.
Court documents state that Lance was stopped by Blue Springs police on Saturday and was questioned, at which time he told them that he and the victim had rough sex on Jan. 20 at his home in the 100 block of Southeast Second Street in Blue Springs. Lance told police that he injected the woman with Valium while they were having sex. He also used a red dog collar to choke her.
When he regained consciousness, Lance, who admitted to drinking heavily that night, discovered the victim in bed. He tried to revive her but was unsuccessful.
Leaving the home, Lance helped a friend work on his car, and on Jan. 23, he returned with a plastic bag, wrapped the body in it and drove to an area south of Harrisonville and threw the body off a bridge, according to court documents, after weighing it down with 300 pounds of weights.
The brothers also threw her cell phone and other personal belongings in the water with her, according to documents.
The body was later recovered in the 31000 block of T Highway, west of Garden City, by police and detectives on Sunday morning.
Police have not released the victim’s name but are expected to do so Tuesday morning.
Lance’s neighbors, none of whom wanted to be identified, said he was quiet but that he was having a difficult year. One woman, a resident in the neighborhood for 30 years, said Lance had lived there 20 years and that the incident shocked her. She said Lance and his wife were not a social couple, but would say hello every so often. They said another woman had been hanging out at his home and that he and his wife had separated over the summer. Court records show that Lance was going through a divorce.
The next scheduled appearance for Lance is Feb. 15.
Two brothers, including one from Blue Springs, were charged with abandoning a corpse after the body of a 48-year-old woman was found in a creek about two miles west of Garden City, Mo., in Cass County.
Lance S. Gross, 52, of Blue Springs, and Marlin S. Gross, 49, of Lee’s Summit, were charged Monday. A $150,000 bond was set for Lance after he was arraigned Monday in Circuit Court, and a warrant has been issued for Marlin, who is not in police custody.
According to court documents, a witness told police on Saturday that she believed a murder had occurred in Blue Springs on Jan. 20. The witness told police that her friend, Marlin, had told her that he had helped his brother dispose of the body of a female with whom Lance was having sexual relations.
Court documents state that Lance was stopped by Blue Springs police on Saturday and was questioned, at which time he told them that he and the victim had rough sex on Jan. 20 at his home in the 100 block of Southeast Second Street in Blue Springs. Lance told police that he injected the woman with Valium while they were having sex. He also used a red dog collar to choke her.
When he regained consciousness, Lance, who admitted to drinking heavily that night, discovered the victim in bed. He tried to revive her but was unsuccessful.
Leaving the home, Lance helped a friend work on his car, and on Jan. 23, he returned with a plastic bag, wrapped the body in it and drove to an area south of Harrisonville and threw the body off a bridge, according to court documents, after weighing it down with 300 pounds of weights.
The brothers also threw her cell phone and other personal belongings in the water with her, according to documents.
The body was later recovered in the 31000 block of T Highway, west of Garden City, by police and detectives on Sunday morning.
Police have not released the victim’s name but are expected to do so Tuesday morning.
Lance’s neighbors, none of whom wanted to be identified, said he was quiet but that he was having a difficult year. One woman, a resident in the neighborhood for 30 years, said Lance had lived there 20 years and that the incident shocked her. She said Lance and his wife were not a social couple, but would say hello every so often. They said another woman had been hanging out at his home and that he and his wife had separated over the summer. Court records show that Lance was going through a divorce.
The next scheduled appearance for Lance is Feb. 15.
