He was arrested for traveling with his wife's body attached to the passenger seat; authorities investigate if he killed her

Rodney Puckett was arrested after driving his car through several places in the United States with the corpse of his wife tied to one of the vehicle seats.

An American in uniform arrested the 70-year-old man for lack of traffic yesterday while he was driving on the I-10 highway. Eloy, Arizona, but doing the routine inspection he noticed that a woman's body was in the pbadenger seat

Rodney identified the woman as being Linda Puckett 74 years old and who he separated from last February.

L & # 39; man He reported that his wife had died while they were in a hotel in Texas, but he decided to transport the body with the car to continue the planned trip.

While talking to Rodney, Detective Edmonds observed a woman sitting in the pbadenger seat. Rodney told investigators that Linda had died at a Texas hotel during her tripe. He moved his body in his vehicle and continued on his way to his destination, "Eloy police said in a statement.

The body of the 74-year-old woman was delivered by the officers to the medical examiners to determine the causes of death.; In addition, the Texas police and Eloy police will work together to determine if the woman was murdered.

Rodney Puckett was imprisoned in Pinal County Jail, where he was accused of abandonment or concealment of a corpse; In addition, he could face other charges as the investigation just started begins.

Rodney and Linda got married in 2011 and were going through a divorce.. It was Feb. 6 when the 74-year-old woman received a no-go order against her husband and two days later she processed the separation papers.

In April of this year, a money alert was issued because Rodney was reported missing.or, but it was canceled because the authorities found him in a Kansas jail. In the notice of his disappearance, it was stated that the man was suffering from bipolar disorder.