joseph oberhansley , from jeffersonville , indiana , is charged with murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of 46-year-old tammy jo harbin blanton last september to rape , burglary and dismemberment are among those aggravated circumstances .
oberhansley , now 34 , was convicted of manslaughter in the 1998 shooting death of his then-girlfriend , 17-year-old sabrina elder , in salt lake city just days after the birth of their son .
he served 14 years behind bars for the crime and was discharged from parole on july 23 last year .