A second person has been charged in connection to the death of Judith Young, of Malta Bend, whose body was recovered from the Missouri River near Copper Avenue in Saline County, on Sunday, October 17.

According to a probable cause statement, an autopsy determined Young did not die from natural causes. During the investigation, interviews with Tammy Hrabe and Wayne Hrabe were conducted. Both subjects admitted to killing Young. The Hrabe’s claimed they were assisting the victim in taking her own life by suffocating her with a plastic bag. After the death of Young, both suspects allegedly put the body in the bed of their truck, drove to a private river access and transported the body to the riverbank and submerged the body into the Missouri River.

Investigations revealed the victim’s car had been tampered with and secreted behind her residence, and her cellphone had been destroyed.

A news release from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office states 49-year-old Tammy Hrabe, of Slater, and 46-year-old Wayne Hrabe, of Malta Bend, are charged with felonies for Murder in the First Degree, Abandonment of a Corpse and Tampering with Physical Evidence in a Felony Prosecution.

Both suspects are currently being held with no bond in the Saline County jail.