"He admitted to killing our missing person, Mr. Kodie, and cutting him up with a knife, " Bane said.

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His roommate, Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, had left his Joppatowne home six days earlier for an apparent early morning jog.

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"He admitted to killing our missing person, Mr. Kodie, and cutting him up with a knife, " Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane told reporters Thursday.

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The suspect told detectives to go to the parking lot of the nearby Town Baptist Church, where they could -- and did -- find the rest of Agyei-Kodie's remains in a Dumpster.

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According to the charging document, the other son explained to the detective how he had come across two metal tins covered by a blanket in the basement laundry room of Agyei-Kodie's Joppatowne residence.

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The other son explained to the detective how he had come across two metal tins covered by a blanket in the basement laundry room of Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie's residence in Joppatowne, which is about 20 miles northeast of Baltimore.

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