--- title: Seattle Murder Suspect Nonchalant on Accusation description: Seattle Police accused a local man Wednesday of dismembering a woman he had been dating and dumping her body in a recycling bin canonical: https://time.com/4293698/seattle-police-john-charlton/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-14T13:49:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:44:51.551Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Washington Man 'Nonchalant' Over Accusation of Dismembering Woman og:description: The woman was a mother of three og:url: https://time.com/4293698/seattle-police-john-charlton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte19e2ff3cc6accf6/69888f203c163921ef45cdb6/john-charlton-montana-department-of-corrections.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Booking photo of John Carlton in Helena, Montana og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Washington Man 'Nonchalant' Over Accusation of Dismembering Woman twitter:description: The woman was a mother of three twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte19e2ff3cc6accf6/69888f203c163921ef45cdb6/john-charlton-montana-department-of-corrections.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Washington Man 'Nonchalant' Over Accusation of Dismembering Woman, Police Say  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 14, 2016 1:49 PM CUT  John Charlton John CharltonMontana Department of Corrections/Reuters  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 14, 2016 1:49 PM CUT Seattle police accused a local man Wednesday of dismembering a woman he had been dating and dumping her body in a recycling bin, according to reports. Police say John Charlton, 37, killed Ingrid Lyne, a 40-year-old mother of three, dismembering her body and driving her to a nearby city to dump her in a recycling bin. Charlton offered a “nonchalant” response when questioned by police, according to a CBS News [report](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ingrid-lyne-killing-suspect-john-charlton-charged-with-murder-seemed-nonchalant-during-police/ "undefined"). Charlton remains in jail on $2 million bail. \[[CBS](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ingrid-lyne-killing-suspect-john-charlton-charged-with-murder-seemed-nonchalant-during-police/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4293698/seattle-police-john-charlton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4293698/seattle-police-john-charlton/"},"headline":"Washington Man 'Nonchalant' Over Accusation of Dismembering Woman, Police Say","datePublished":"2016-04-14T13:49:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:44:51.551Z","description":"The woman was a mother of three","url":"https://time.com/4293698/seattle-police-john-charlton/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte19e2ff3cc6accf6/69888f203c163921ef45cdb6/john-charlton-montana-department-of-corrections.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte19e2ff3cc6accf6/69888f203c163921ef45cdb6/john-charlton-montana-department-of-corrections.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Booking photo of John Carlton in Helena, Montana","caption":"John Charlton","creditText":"Montana Department of Corrections/Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4293698/seattle-police-john-charlton/","name":"Washington Man 'Nonchalant' Over Accusation of Dismembering Woman, Police Say"}}]}] ```