SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Spokane police have arrested the housemate of a woman whose beaten body was found at a recycling plant earlier this month.

Police say 53-year-old Eugene Jupp turned himself in Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He is being held on investigation of first-degree murder in the death of 79-year-old Stephanie Standen.

KHQ-TV reports that before he turned himself in Thursday, video shows that Jupp stopped by the Spokane TV station. The station called 911 and police began looking for him.

According to court documents, state crime lab information shows that blood found in the recycling bin at the house matched Standen’s DNA, indicating she was placed in the bin before the recycling was collected.

Standen’s body was found April 5 at the Spokane Materials and Recycling Technology Center.

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