A founding member of an experimental 1980s group was arrested and charged with murdering his missing girlfriend on Tuesday after police found human remains in nearby woods.
Theobald “Theo” Lengyel — who played saxophone, clarinet and keyboards for Mr Bungle — was previously considered a person of interest after refusing to cooperate with police in the disappearance of Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, 61.
Police said it became clear early in the investigation that “foul play was involved” in Herrmann’s disappearance, which began on December 12 even though he was last seen alive 10 days earlier.
“The investigation led investigators to the discovery of human remains in a wooded area within Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley,” the Capitola Police Department said in a statement. “Identification of the human remains is pending DNA confirmation from the Contra County Coroner’s Office.”
Police have not said how or where Herrmann was killed.
Investigators looked into Lengyel — who also goes by the name “Mylo Stone” — since Herrmann’s family reported him missing.
Theo Lengyel was arrested a month after his girlfriend Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann went missing. Facebook/Capitol Police Department
He allegedly spent the days after her disappearance driving more than 600 miles between his home in El Cerrito, California to Portland, Oregon.
As he left, police found Herrmann’s car parked in front of his home, located just five miles north of Berkeley.
Police have not revealed a possible motive for the alleged murder.
Herrmann was last seen on Dec. 3.
Lengyel was booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder without bail, records show.
He was also hit with burglary and vehicle theft charges.
Lengyel is best known for playing in the Bay Area rock band Mr. Bungle, founded by singer Mike Patton, guitarist Trey Spruance and bassist Trevor Dunn when they were high school students in 1985.
Although the band still plays today, Lengyl left in the mid-1990s on bad terms.
Lengyel was charged with first degree murder.
“We unanimously decided to go on without him because he wasn’t growing with the rest of the band and we ran out of things for him to do,” Dunn reportedly said in 2005.
“He was furious and I haven’t heard from him since,” he added.
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