JACKSON COUNTY, Mo. — Charges have been filed against a Kansas City man in connection with the death of a man, who was discovered burned inside a portable toilet on November 20 around 8:00 p.m.
According to court documents, Sean Lloyd, 24, was charged with one count of abandonment of a corpse and another count of knowingly burning or exploding, after explaining to police what happened the night of 30-year-old Jackson Guzman’s death.
When the incident occurred, Sergeant Ronda Montgomery with the sheriff’s office said a deputy was called to the parking lot of Frank White baseball field, 3900 block of SW Longview Road, on reports of a body inside a burned-out portable bathroom.
According to the probable cause statement, when officers arrived at the scene they made contact with Jackson County Park Ranger Aaron Gunzel, who said he had observed human remains inside of a burned-down porta-potty. Gunzel told officers that one hour prior to his arrival, the Lee’s Summit Fire Department had been called to extinguish the fire. The Lee’s Summit fire captain later confirmed that while they were putting out the fire, his department saw nothing out of the ordinary due to the high volume of spray foam used.
An officer from Metropolitan Community College’s Longview campus told police he had witnessed a fire burning in the parking lot of the baseball fields, and then noticed a vehicle traveling away from the fire at a high rate of speed.
An autopsy performed on the body by the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed that Guzman suffered a bullet wound to the head, in addition to his remains being burned.
On November 26, Lloyd’s attorney contacted police and informed them that his client wished to share information pertaining to Guzman’s death. Lloyd informed police that the night before Guzman’s death, he and Guzman had gone to purchase a gun after drinking heavily. After returning to Lloyd’s residence, the two men continued to drink and unloaded the gun before placing it on a nightstand and going to bed.
The next day around 10 a.m. Lloyd said he was asked by his uncle to move Guzman’s vehicle from the driveway because it was blocking him from being able to leave. While Lloyd did that, he claimed Guzman woke up and began “chugging”a bottle of tequila. Lloyd said he began cleaning the room because Guzman had urinated in his pants, and while he was cleaning, said Guzman loaded the gun while he continued to drink.
At one point Lloyd said Guzman held the gun to his head, and said he yelled at Guzman reminding him the gun was loaded. But before he could stop him, Guzman had pulled the trigger.
Lloyd said he was too scared to call police since he was already on probation and decided to dispose of Guzman’s body, the gun and other evidence himself. He said after doing some research on the Internet he decided burning the body would be the best course of action.
According to the court documents, police were able to recover much of the evidence, which coincided with Lloyd’s story. He’s currently being held in the Jackson County Detention Center on a $50,000 cash bond, online court records don’t show when he’s due in court.
