Posted on May 21, 2012.
State police have filed a homicide charge against a 32-year-old man in connection to the barrel of human remains found in an Burrell Township, Indiana County, creek late last month.
Police have issued an arrest warrant for Jon Anthony Black, 32, who is known to frequent Indiana and Westmoreland counties. Investigators still have not released an identity for the remains.
"Due to the sensitive nature of the investigation and the possibility of additional actors being charged, the court of Common Pleas has sealed the criminal complaint and the affidavit of probable cause," police said in a press release. "Once Black is apprehended, additional details of the incident will be released."
Police described Black as 5-foot-10 and weighing about 175 pounds. He has brown eyes and hair. He has multiple tattoos on his upper body, including a large skull on his upper right arm, skulls on his neck and a picture of Hitler on the upper right portion of his chest.
Anyone with information about Black's whereabouts is asked to call state police at Indiana at 724-357-1960.