Columbia man accused of dumping woman’s body in creek has hearing set for next week

COLIMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man who was accused of dumping a woman's body in a trash bin in Perche Creek earlier this month appeared in court on Tuesday.

Andrew Acton, 53, is charged with abandoning a corpse and tampering with evidence. He still does not have an attorney. The judge set his next hearing for 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 2. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.

The victim's body was found in a city roll cart on Sunday, May 17 in Perche Creek. A boater found the bin at the Providence Landing on Old Plank Road, reporting a smell of decomposition, court documents in previous reporting say. The victim has not been publicly identified.

An autopsy was ordered last week, but it has not been completed, according to an update to a Sunshine Law request made by ABC 17 News to the Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office.