
The New Orleans Police Department has now added a second-degree murder charge to the list of charges Benjamin Beale faces after a headless torso of a missing woman was found in his freezer.
Investigators charged Beale with the new murder charge late Friday evening.
Beale, also known as Kelley Kirkpatrick faces a long list of charges including operating a meth lab after police discovered the headless torso believed to be that of a missing woman, Julia Dardar.