A violent out-of-state fugitive was found and arrested Friday morning in St. Joseph.

According to a news release from U.S. Marshal Mark S. James, Western District of Missouri, Delbert Flint was charged in the 36th District Court, Detroit, Michigan, on February 12, 2019 with one count of tampering with evidence and one count of disinterment and mutilation of a dead body stemming from a 2016 incident in Detroit.

Detroit Police were dispatched to a vehicle fire in the early morning hours of March 20, 2016, following the discovery of a dead body by the Detroit Fire Department in the trunk of the burning car. Following the entry of charges against Flint in February 2019, the U.S. Marshals from the Eastern District of Michigan provided assistance to police investigators in determining Flint’s whereabouts.

Deputy U.S. Marshals from Kansas City conducted a local investigation in conjunction with the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office Strike Force and St. Joseph Police Department Street Crimes unit.  On the morning of March 8, 2019, investigators tracked Flint down and took him into custody in St. Joseph on the arrest warrant.  He is awaiting extradition back to Michigan to face the alleged charges.

Marshal James credited the numerous agencies involved in the fugitive investigations and thanked the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office and St. Joseph Police Department for their significant assistance leading to the capture of Delbert Flint.