Horror details emerge about woman whose legs were cut off with a CHAINSAW & dumped in trash bags after sudden death

A WOMAN’S legs were allegedly cut off with a chainsaw and then dumped in trash bags by her boyfriend after her sudden death earlier this month.

Edward Bagwell allegedly confessed to cops that he horrifically dismembered Rita Spigner’s remains when she died while the pair were taking drugs.

Indiana State Police

Edward Bagwell, pictured, was charged with abuse of a corpse and failure to report remains after cutting off his girlfriend’s legs when a chainsaw[/caption]

Bagwell, a 60-year-old man from Fowler, Indiana, allegedly told a friend that his 61-year-old girlfriend’s body was in trash bags at his house.

The woman then reported it to cops and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office arrived at Bagwell’s home on the night of July 3.

When the police showed up at the house, Bagwell “immediately asked if he was going to prison,” reported CBS4.

Police found two large trash bags after a search of the home.

A police officer reported that from the outside of the bags, it felt like a human corpse, CBS4 said.

After being taken in for questioning, Bagwell reportedly told investigators that his girlfriend had lived with him for eight years.

He claimed that on June 18, he and Spigner smoked an eight-ball of meth.

Bagwell also claimed that he was high when police interviewed him on July 4.

However, court documents show he initially told the authorities that he had never smoked meth before.

Once the meth was in their system, Bagwell said his girlfriend started acting erratically and scratching at his legs so he claimed to have hit her in the head “with an open hand” to get her to stop scratching.

The woman then fell and started convulsing, according to Bagwell.

Bagwell went to get his phone, but when he got back, Spigner wasn’t breathing, according to his account of events.

He claims he didn’t call for help because Spigner was already dead and he felt the police would not be able to help her anymore.

So, Bagwell allegedly decided to cut off his girlfriend’s legs with a chainsaw and put her legs in one trash bag and her torso in another.

Part of Bagwell’s story was debunked by a nurse at the jail who examined the scratches on Bagwell’s legs, CBS4 reported.

She said the scratches looked like they had been made in the past few days.

The scratches also seemed too shallow to have been made from fingernails, according to the nurse.

When questioned again, Bagwell changed his story and said he didn’t remember how he got his scratches and he admitted to using meth, but only two or three times before.

An autopsy revealed that Spigner had died from heart trouble, according to the Lafayette Journal & Courier.

However, the cause and manner of her death are pending toxicology results.

At this time, Bagwell is charged with abuse of a corpse and failure to report remains.

Prosecutors charged Bagwell on July 8 and indicated that they suspect Spigner died on July 1.

Bagwell is currently being held at the Benton County Jail in lieu of $300,000 bond.