The murder happened in Texas and a black man named Christopher was trying to cook his white girlfriend named Jana after he killed her. It is similar to Bigger because he killed Mary and tried to put her in the furnace to hide her. Christopher obviously didn't have any remorse for the body and he probably had problems with white people in the past which forced him to do the killing similar to Bigger. He called 911 on himself knowing that he couldn't run away from his problems just like Bigger when he was caught by the police. Bigger had no choice but to confront the police instead of running away from them.

https://blackpeoria.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/black-man-kills-white-girlfriend-%E2%80%93-then-cooks-her-for-dinner-guess-he-was-showing-her-his-love-for-his-african-tradition/