Perry March returned to Nashville

Perry March was escorted into the courtroom at 10 p.m. CDT and served a grand jury indictment charging him with second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence, according to Nashville police.

During the short appearance March said he understood the charges against him and was then taken to the city’s jail, where he is expected to stay until his scheduled arraignment on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Criminal Court.

March, 44, who was deported by Mexican immigrant officials last week, has long been identified by Nashville police as a suspect in the August 1996 disappearance of his wife, Janet Levine March.

The body of Janet March, who was 33 at the time, has never been found. She was officially declared dead in 2004.

Nashville police, FBI agents in Nashville and Mexico and officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office collaborated in the murder investigation and arrest of March. The officials released few details about the investigation, except to say March was indicted in December.

March had never officially been charged in his wife’s disappearance, and was living in Ajijic, Mexico, with his two children and a new wife. Law enforcement officials said March was arrested after deportation from Mexico.