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Georgia man’s dismembered body found at neighbor’s home (after argument)

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Christian Ponce-Martinez
Pictured, Christian Ponce-Martinez charged with the murder of neighbor,
Christian Ponce-Martinez
Pictured, Christian Ponce-Martinez charged with the murder of Clayton County neighbor, Robert Page.

Christian Ponce-Martinez is charged with the murder of a missing Clayton County, Georgia neighbor-after his dismembered remains are found in his back yard.

A missing Georgia man’s dismembered body was discovered Thursday after cops followed a trail of blood at a neighbor’s house leading to the backyard, cops said.

Robert Page, 70, was found dead at his neighbor’s home in Morrow just after 11 p.m. Thursday, Clayton County Police told FOX5 Atlanta. Page’s wife reported her husband missing just hours before his remains were discovered where Christian Ponce-Martinez, 25, had been living for three months since moving from Mexico.

Authorities searched the home after Ponce-Martinez was captured on surveillance video outside Page’s home earlier that day.

‘Officers went to the back of the residence, and located the offender, hiding under a couch, acting very nervous and suspicious,’ Maj. Craig Hammer said in a news conference. ‘Officers then noticed a trail of blood, in the backyard. They followed the trail, which led them to the victim, Mr. Page’s dismembered remains.’

The body parts were found in a cooler and under two tarps in the backyard.

Ponce-Martinez was arrested and charged with malice murder. An obstruction charge was also added Friday after the alleged killer was uncooperative and combative with police, WSB-TV reported.

Not immediately understood is what allegedly motivated Ponce-Martinez in slaying his 70 year old neighbor.

Reports indicated the neighbors were believed to have engaged in an argument prior to the elder man’s death.

Christian Ponce-Martinez and Robert Page
Pictured, Christian Ponce-Martinez and alleged murder victim, Robert Page.

Was Christian Ponce-Martinez an illegal immigrant? 

Police said Page and Ponce-Martinez didn’t know each other prior to the incident. Ponce-Martinez moved to the Georgia town from Mexico three months ago and was renting a room at the house. Of concern was whether the alleged assailant he was in the United States legally.

Nancy Jones, a friend, told FOX5 the 70-year-old was ‘dearly loved.’

Page’s grandson Bobby Austin also told WSB-TV that his grandfather’s personality was ‘priceless.’

‘Even if you weren’t related to him, if he saw that you were a younger nice person, he would say, ‘You’re my grandson or granddaughter’ or, ‘You’re my son or daughter,’ something like that. He was a very [embracing] person…and to go in such a tragic way, it just hit us all really hard at the moment,’ Austin said.

Ponce-Martinez is being held without bail and has not yet entered a plea.

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