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A SICKO "who found a dead body cut off woman's fingers, removed her tattoos with a razor and stuffed the naked body in a barrel."

William Slaton, 35, was arrested on June 30 after cops turned up to check his home following reports about 21-year-old Cecily Cornett's body, reported.

 Slaton is facing charges of felony gross abuse of a corpse
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Slaton is facing charges of felony gross abuse of a corpseCredit: Middletown Police
 Cecily Cornett, 21, was found in a barrel
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Cecily Cornett, 21, was found in a barrelCredit: Facebook

The man told detectives that he found her body hanging in his basement after he used narcotics one morning, the  reported, citing police docs.

said that Slaton then cut off Cornett's fingers and used a razor knife to cut off her tattoos.

Investigators then found a bowl of her fingers and removed skin in the man's house, claimed.

"Officers looked towards the back of the house where Mr. Slaton was observed throwing a metal drum over the fence from his yard," a Middletown detective wrote in court documents obtained by the outlet.

"Upon opening the metal drum we discovered a nude white female covered in bow flies who was obviously deceased."

Police also stated that the woman had been dead for "a few days" before he allegedly put her in the barrel.

Slaton is facing charges of felony gross abuse of a corpse, felony tampering with evidence and misdemeanor failure to report a crime or death, the Enquirer reported.

He also served time in prison for child porn charges and was released in May 2018 after a seven year sentence, WHIO claimed.

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