Woman, 31, 'killed her live-in boyfriend with her mom's help and kept his body in a bin on their porch for months before dumping it in the woods' 

• Erika Guttilla, 31, arrested on Tuesday accused of shooting 35-year-old Troy Ford
• Said to have shot him in head then put corpse in a rug with mother Carmen's help
• Pair said to have dumped body in a bin which was too full to put the lid back on
• Remains of Troy Ford, 35, were found in abandoned playground by dog walkers
• Companion of Ford said Erika showed him body and bloodstains in the bedroom

A Vermont woman was charged on Tuesday with murdering her live-in boyfriend with the help of her mother last fall and keeping his corpse in a trash bin on the porch for months before dumping it in the woods.

Erika Guttilla, 31, is accused of shooting 35-year-old Troy Ford after he fell asleep drunk before rolling the body in a rug with the aid of her mother, Carmen, 60, and stuffing it head-first into the bin, which was too full to put the lid back on.

Carmen told detectives she and her daughter, from Sheldon, had decided to kill Ford after he had been physically abusing both of them for two years so they felt like 'hostages' in their own home, according to court documents.

The alleged murder took place one night in November last year, and saw Carmen hand Erika a gun before the daughter shot her boyfriend in the head, the affidavit obtained by the Burlington Free Press states.

The body was bundled onto the porch outside the home, which Erika's parents owned, and left for several months before being dumped at a later date.  

The remains of Ford, who was originally from Brooklyn, were found on Saturday at an abandoned woodland playground near the Guttilla home by a pair of women walking their dogs. He had never been reported missing.

After the discovery, Erika went on the run with a male companion, Corey Cassani, 28, who she had been dating since January. 

They were arrested in a red Chevrolet Spark after a traffic stop.

Cassani is not suspected of involvement in the murder but could face charges for helping Erika attempt to evade justice.

Carmen, meanwhile, visited her husband in hospital before handing herself over to police. 

She was charged with first degree murder but pleaded not guilty at Vermont Superior Court in Burlington on Tuesday.

Documents lodged at the court describe an interview with prison inmate Edward Bennett, a companion of Ford who was arrested probation violation while out driving with Erick and Cassani last month.

Speaking from Northwest State Correctional Facility on April 12, Bennett claimed to have been show Ford's body by Erika, who he said commented 'I killed him'.

Erika then said she would bring him to live if it allowed her to kill him again, Bennett claimed.

She then took Bennet into her bedroom to show him a blood stain on the bed, explaining she had not cleared it up because she 'didn't care' because of the abuse he had inflicted on her.

Erika's sister and brother backed up her claims of abuse when interviewed by police, and said Ford would regularly conduct drug deals in the house.