Woman’s decapitated body found on Memory Lane leads officers to her boyfriend who says ‘he wished to go to sleep’: Police

Top inset: Heather Ann Bodden (GoFundMe). Bottom inset: Craig Allen Nichols Jr. (Yankton County Sheriff). Background: The location where Bodden

Top inset: Heather Ann Bodden (GoFundMe). Bottom inset: Craig Allen Nichols Jr. (Yankton County Sheriff). Background: The location where Bodden’s remains were found (KTIV).

A South Dakota man faces charges after his girlfriend’s decapitated body was found inside her apartment, and her head was found in a trash bag a day after she messaged a friend that her boyfriend had threatened her with a weapon.

Craig Allen Nichols Jr., 32, faces second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter in the death of Heather Ann Bodden, 41, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said in a press release.