Montana Woman Vanished Weeks Ago. Now Police Say Man Stuffed Her Body in Suitcase, Put It in Dumpster

Montana Woman Vanished Weeks Ago. Now Police Say Man Stuffed Her Body in Suitcase, Put It in Dumpster
Alicia Wood, 46, was first reported missing on Nov. 22

A Montana woman who was reported missing weeks ago was found stuffed into a suitcase inside of a dumpster — and a man has been charged in connection with her death.

According to court documents obtained by local Montana outlets KRTV, KPAX and ABC Fox Montana, 46-year-old Alicia Wood was first reported missing on Nov. 30 after she had not been heard from for several days. Police soon began a search of her home in Conrad, Mont., and the surrounding towns.

Police eventually located her car abandoned on a nearby highway, ABC reported, and investigators found “various bloodstains described as being blood spatter on the passenger and driver’s sides … including handprints that appeared as if someone had dragged their hand across the car locking mechanism,” along with a bullet casing on the floor, according to the court documents.

By Dec. 10, KPAX reported, investigators began searching through a landfill in the nearby town of High Plains, and 29-year-old William Glenn Olson was taken into custody one day later, court records show.

Olson had first spoken to police on Dec. 2, KRTV reported, but he said that he had last seen the victim on Nov. 10 and did not know where she was. Police have not clarified the nature of Olson and Wood’s relationship, but according to the court documents, Olson had allegedly damaged Wood’s car while he was driving it before her death.