Cross-Dressing Ex-Convict Killed Childhood Friend And Tried To Decapitate Him Before Stuffing Him In Bedroom Closet

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder after police discovered the body of his Long Island neighbor stuffed in his closet.

Aston Barth, who was arrested in 2007 for sticking up a Citibank in Central Islip while dressed as a woman, lived with the nearly-decapitated body of victim Jason Campbell for about a week before his mother and brother discovered it Christmas Eve, according to police.

When police questioned Barth about the body, he admitted to choking 35-year-old Campbell while the two argued in Barth’s Central Islip bedroom Dec. 18, Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Glenn Kurtzrock said.