Evidence in the Carl DeBrodie case has been turned over to prosecutors for review, according to Fulton Police Chief Steve Myers.
"We're getting reports and everything is going to prosecutors," Myers said Wednesday. "All the prosecutors are looking over all of our evidence, so they'll be making decisions hopefully within the coming weeks. (They'll decide) what charges are going to go out and to who."
DeBrodie, 31, was initially reported missing April 17. A developmentally disabled man, he lived at a supported living facility then managed by Second Chance Homes of Fulton LLC.
On April 24, police found his decomposed body wrapped in plastic and encased in concrete. It was inside a trash container and a wooden crate in a storage unit in Fulton. Myers confirmed at the time the body was badly decomposed, meaning DeBrodie may have been deceased for months.
Autopsy results have been delayed by a backlog at the medical examiners' office, meaning an official cause of death still isn't available, Myers confirmed.
"That's not uncommon, either," he added. "I've seen it take four months. They're checking for a lot of different things."
The Fulton Police Department has been conducting an investigation with the help of several other forces.
"All the entities that were involved are still involved," Myers said.
That list includes the FBI, the Callaway County Sheriff's Office, the state Department of Health and Human Services, the Missouri Attorney General's office and the Missouri Highway Patrol.
Myers said the information he can publically release is limited.
The chief said he believes DeBrodie's case will lead to new bills being introduced in the legislature to protect people like him.
"I know that's going to be a topic that's going to be coming up this summer," he said.