Man charged in connection to woman’s suspicious death

Richard Barber is charged with concealing/failing to report a death.

Richard Barber is charged with concealing/failing to report a death.

NEWTON, NC – A man is now charged in connection to the death of a woman in Newton.

Catawba County Sheriff’s Deputies got a call on Sunday about a woman found dead inside a home on Springdale Drive.

They found Crystal Lynn Carroll Willard’s body and started looking into what they called a suspicious death.

Richard Barber is charged with concealing/failing to report a death.

Investigators are waiting on autopsy results to determine Willard’s cause of death.