MINNEAPOLIS -- The ex-boyfriend of a Minnesota woman accused of killing her and burning her body in Louisiana was charged Friday with a federal count of kidnapping.
Cristina Prodan, 27, of Edina was reported missing by her mother Jan. 5. Prodan's former boyfriend, 25-year-old Joseph Porter, was arrested by Arkansas State Police two weeks ago in Little Rock on suspicion of auto theft.
The Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported that according to the theft charges, Prodan's burned body was found Jan. 6 in a shipping container in New Orleans.
The document says Porter's husband, Richard Crawford, told investigators that Porter admitted to killing Prodan somewhere in Minnesota and taking her body to New Orleans where he burned it.
The newspaper reported that Porter and Crawford live in Jacksonville.
Porter has not been charged in Prodan's death.
Porter's attorney in Little Rock declined to comment.
State Desk on 01/21/2018