Estranged husband charged with murder in Arnette death

URBANA – The estranged husband of Naomi Arnette has been charged with first-degree murder and concealing a homicidal death.

Champaign County Sheriff Dan Walsh said Robert Arnette, 38, was arrested at about 12:15 Saturday morning at his residence at 4 Aztec Place, C., in connection with Mrs. Arnette's death. Mrs. Arnette's body was found last Sunday in a shallow grave about three miles south of Sadorus. She'd been missing since May 21.

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