Joseph Roberts on Tavar: 'She's Dead, and There's Blood Everywhere'
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Details about how Brittany Tavar was murdered in July have been released - just a week after a person of interest was found and arrested in Seattle.
Joseph Roberts, 26, told police he hit Tavar in the head several times with a hammer then cut her throat, according to the arrest warrant served on Roberts Tuesday. He is charged with premeditated murder.
In the warrant, police said Roberts explained in graphic detail the events that led up to her disappearance and his arrest.
Tavar, 45, was reported missing from her home on South Beach Drive July 10. She was last seen July 6, according to family members. Investigators learned that 26-year-old Roberts, a transient, had been staying with her.
Roberts said he and Tavar argued the night of July 6, and he woke up the next morning to her "going off about something."