A North Carolina man that had been missing for one month was found dismembered and buried inside a barrel full of concrete behind his alleged killer’s home, police said.
Jackie Lamar Vivid, who has an intensive rap sheet, was charged with the murder of Michael Bradley Cox after police found the damning evidence on his property Jan. 26, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.
Cox, 40, had been missing since Dec. 24.
Police didn’t reveal what led them to Vivid’s Sanford property, but said they executed a search warrant over the course of two days and located the 55-gallon barrel.
The vat had been hidden in a “heavily wooded area” on Vivid’s land and was full of concrete. Police suspected human stays were inside.
“The Medical Examiner’s Office removed the concrete and discovered a dismembered body inside the barrel,” the sheriff’s office said.
The stays were identified as Cox, who at the moment had not been heard from for multiple month.
Vivid, 42, had only been out of prison for seven months and was on parole when Cox went missing, police said.
He was arrested on Jan. 6 for unrelated charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and controlled substance but was bonded out of jail.
Vivid was arrested again five days later for carrying a controlled substance.
Based on NBC15, detectives found a stolen side-by-side ATV inside a covered outbuilding on Vivid’s land during their search.
The motive for the alleged murder continues to be unknown.
Vivid is in custody of the North Carolina Department of Corrections as police proceed investigating.
