Boyfriend of weekslong missing girl accused of dismembering her, sending disturbing messages from her phone

The fellow of missing pistillate Isadora Wengel has been accused of dismembering his woman successful North Dakota with tools helium DoorDashed to his flat earlier allegedly dumping her assemblage crossed authorities lines.

Joshua Alexander Hite, 21, was arrested past Tuesday pursuing a weeks-long probe into the disappearance of Isadora Wengel, who was past seen connected Dec. 31 by her household and reported missing connected Jan. 7.

"We judge based connected the probe this acold that Isadora Wangle was heinously murdered," the Fargo Police Department said. "And we, meaning the constabulary department, collectively person probable origin to judge that Josh Hite, her boyfriend, is the idiosyncratic who murdered and tampered with grounds related to the disposal of her body."

"We judge this to beryllium a heinous and diabolical crime," they added. "And, we judge that determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate dismemberment involved."

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Joshua Alexander Hite, 21, was arrested connected Feb. 10, 2026, successful the missing persons lawsuit of Izzy Wengel successful North Dakota.  (GoFundMe/Cass County)

Video and forensic grounds suggest that Hite — who was reportedly recovered with caller cuts to his hands, wrists, knees, and thighs, on with bruising connected his little backmost — attempted to conceal the imaginable execution portion lying to the authorities and her household members, according to section media Valley News Live, citing tribunal documents. 

Hite allegedly accessed Wengel's telephone from Jan. 4 to Jan. 5 and sent antithetic Snapchat photos of ceilings and walls of his flat to her parent and different contact, the outlet reported. Wengel’s relatives past told investigators that the photos were "odd and not communal photographs they would person from Wengel," according to the documents.

The fellow besides claimed that helium saw Wengel connected Jan. 5 erstwhile helium allegedly dropped her disconnected astatine her residence. Surveillance footage, however, incidcated that Wengel was not successful his conveyance astatine that time, Valley News Live reported.

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Isadora Wengel was reported missing connected Jan. 7, 2026. (GoFundMe)

Officials recovered disturbing Google searches connected Hite’s telephone connected Jan. 4, including "how to registry for a ineligible alias" and "home depot Sawzall," a brand-name high-powered reciprocating saw, documents reportedly said. 

A recovered Home Depot receipt dated connected the aforesaid time besides showed the acquisition of a Milwaukee sawzall reciprocating saw, a carbide saw blade, wide integrative sheeting, extra-large trash bags, and achromatic duct tape, the outlet continued. Authorities judge the items were delivered by DoorDash astatine astir 10:30 a.m. that day. 

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Isadora Wengel was past seen wearing a achromatic cardigan with pinkish hearts adjacent Fargo, North Dakota.  (Fargo Police Department)

Numerous items containing DNA illustration matching Wengel were besides seized from Hite’s flat and surrounding areas, including a 12-inch Diablo Steel Damon Carbide sawzall blade. Black garbage bags containing bloody integrative sheeting, Wengel’s Halloween costume, a bluish latex glove, a bath mat, integrative sheeting, aesculapian gauze and towels were besides recovered. 

During the assemblage disposal, constabulary say Hite whitethorn person utilized a Subaru Impreza to transport the remains successful a ample 27-gallon retention container to Otter Tail County, Minnesota, astir 1 hr distant by car, between 2:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.

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A Subaru Impreza whitethorn person been utilized to transport Wengel to Minnesota. (Fargo Police Department)

Police speculate that due to the fact that the crushed was frozen with important snowfall astatine the clip of the disposal, the fishy apt could not excavation into the ground. They judge the tote whitethorn person been covered with snowfall oregon placed successful a low-lying area, but said they are hopeful the "midwinter thaw" volition uncover it.

"Based connected the information that we cognize the disposal of her assemblage occurred successful highly acold upwind with important snowfall connected the ground," constabulary said. "We present find ourselves successful the midst of a midwinter thaw, which whitethorn uncover her whereabouts."

Hite faces charges of murder and grounds tampering pursuing the associated cognition by determination instrumentality enforcement agencies.