ROCKY MOUNT, NC. (THECOUNT) — James Cole Butler has been identified as the suspect arrested in connection to the death of 49-year-old Angela Bunn Nelms on Wednesday, according to reports.

Butler, 22, was charged with the murder of Nelms whose body was found on the side of a Rocky Mount roadway on Wednesday.

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Butler was charged with first-degree murder of Nelms, Rocky Mount police said.

Nelms body was found along the 900 block of Greyson Road around 9:45 a.m.

EMS and Rocky Mount Fire Department first responders arrived but pronounced Nelms dead on scene, police said.

Further detail on Nelms’ death were not immediately available.

Butler is being held at the Nash County jail without bond.

Following the discovery of Nelms’ body, a car with blood on the side was towed from the Chick-fil-a on Jeffrey Road near downtown, reports CBS17.

Anyone with possible information on the deadly incident should contact police at 911.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the beloved woman:

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Geo quick facts: Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the Atlantic coastal plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Incorporated on February 19, 1867, the community at the falls of the Tar River that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the middle of the 18th century – Wikipedia.