LAPEER COUNTY, MI - A Flint man is being held in Lapeer County Jail on a $1 million bond after the discovery of a dismembered body outside an Elba Township home.

Rodney Tureaud, 36, was charged Nov. 12 in Lapeer District Court on charges of disinternment and mutilation of a dead body and tampering with evidence. He was charged as a habitual offender.

The body found in a fresh grave site around noon Nov. 9 on property off Davison Road west of Bassett Road was that of 37-year-old Flint resident Amy Kagen.

"You could tell the ground was not consistent with the surroundings," said Jason Parks, a detective sergeant with the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office.

A preliminary investigation suggests the homeowner is not involved, according to police. Police zeroed in on Turead as a person of interest. He is an acquaintance of the homeowner.

Deputies with the Genesee and Lapeer County Sheriff's Office, Flint office of the ATF, Lapeer County Sheriff's Special Response Team all took part in a check of Turead's home after a search warrant was obtained Nov. 10.

Parks noted the body may have been there up to a week prior to its discovery. An autopsy has been scheduled with the medical examiner's office, but findings are not expected for at least two weeks.