Murder Suspect Allegedly Confesses To Killing Friend, Then Hijacking Title To Victim's Home With Forged Deed

In Kingman, Arizona, the Mojave Valley Daily News reports:

• A Kingman man will be arraigned [] in the stabbing death of his friend. Richard J. Polaski, 62, is charged with first-degree murder.
  
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  The Las Vegas Metro Police Department contacted the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office about Polaski, who was a patient at the Western Arizona Regional Medical Center for a drug overdose, according to court documents.
  
  Polaski told Metro police that he killed his friend, John Holland, in July 2015 and buried him in the backyard of his home in the 3700 block of Lass Avenue in Kingman. Polaski sold that property and moved onto Holland’s property in the 3800 block of Northern Avenue after allegedly forging documents to put the deed in his name.
  
  Sheriff’s deputies contacted neighbors, who said they had not seen Holland, who had no living relatives, in more than a year. The Northern Avenue property was previously owned by Holland but was now in Polaski’s name. Sheriff’s deputies also searched the Lass Avenue property and found a hole filled with cement.
  
  According to police reports in the case, on July 27, 2015, Polaski went to Holland’s Northern Avenue home and found him in his office. An argument began about money that Holland reportedly owed Polaski. Holland reportedly had a handgun and knife on his desk and threatened to blow Polaski’s head off, court documents stated.
  
  Polaski allegedly picked up the knife and stabbed Holland in the stomach several times until he died. He allegedly placed Holland’s body in a trash can and drove back to his home. He hired workers to dig a hole in his back yard. He then placed Holland’s body in the hole, poured lye on the corpse and filled the hole with cement. He also hired other workers to pour more cement on top of the cement he already poured.
  
  Since the murder, court documents stated, Polaski forged documents to put Holland’s property in his own name and forged documents to put Holland’s Merrill Lynch account in his name so he could access money.
  
  Polaski was arrested July 12 after a medical emergency at the Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall in Laughlin. He contacted casino security and Metro police and allegedly confessed to Holland’s murder.

Source: Man charged with murder.