Walter Logan, arrested in the murder of Alex Shipp, faces charges over

KOKOMO, Ind.--a man of central Indiana that prosecutors say he killed his friend and stuffed the body inside a freezer unplugged faces additional charges.

Deputy of the Howard County Prosecutor Jeremy Peelle presented additional murder charges when they tried to wrongdoing, reckless homicide and confinement last week against Walter Logan, 52, of Kokomo.

Logan was held without bond Saturday at the county jail in Kokomo, about 50 miles north of Indianapolis. A jail official told The Associated Press she didn't know the name of the Attorney of Logan.

Logan's trial had been scheduled to begin Wednesday, but the Kokomo Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/15myYG3) the defense attorney of new charges prompted Logan to request a continuity. A judge resets trial on October 7.

Prosecutors have not said if they will seek the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

Police looking for 29 years Alex Shipp at the beginning of December when his mother said he had not heard from her son in almost a month. Officers who went to the home of Logan found that Shipp decomposed badly but intact body in a freezer that was not plugged in.

Court documents say Logan told investigators that he and Shipp had known two years ago and had a sexual relationship. He said that one night about four weeks before, men got drunk, drugs and had sex. Later, Logan said Shipp made belligerent and wanted to fight, but Logan had bound feet and hands of Shipp and placed adhesive tape over his nose and mouth.

Logan said the researchers tried to commit suicide with pills and wrote a suicide note, but he fell asleep until he could finish writing it. When he woke up Logan, Shipp appears to be dead. Logan removed Shipp-sided tape before returning to sleep, court documents say.

Then he woke up again, Logan supposedly waited about six hours then Shipp and body to the basement, where he stuffed it inside the freezer, the documents say. When police arrived at Logan's House, they say documents, he led them through the House that stinks in the freezer.

The researchers said that although Logan does not intend to kill Shipp, he must have had made closing the mouth and nose so that he could not breathe that it would lead to his death.

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Information: Kokomo Tribune, http://www.ktonline.com