The Brief
- Kristopher Lauchner, 52, faces multiple felony charges after Gilbert police found his girlfriend’s decomposed body in her bed following days of missed calls and suspicious text messages sent from her phone.
- Investigators say Lauchner dressed the victim after a fatal hotel overdose, buckled her into her own car, drove her home, tucked her into bed and pawned her jewelry rather than calling 911 out of “self-preservation.”
- Police captured Lauchner outside a Phoenix apartment complex following a brief foot chase, recovering the victim’s handgun from a fanny pack he was wearing.
GILBERT, Ariz. – A Phoenix man is facing a string of felony charges after court documents reveal he allegedly carried his dead girlfriend out of a hotel room, buckled her body into the passenger seat of her car and tucked her into bed at her Gilbert home after she overdosed.
What we know:
Kristopher Michael Lauchner, 52, was arrested Tuesday by Gilbert police outside a Phoenix apartment complex following an attempt to run from officers. He faces multiple felony charges, including abandoning or concealing a dead body, second-degree burglary, trafficking stolen property, unlawful use of means of transportation and being a prohibited possessor in control of a firearm.…