A BODY has been found in the search for missing Allisha Watts as police arrest her boyfriend on murder charges.
Remains believed to be that of Watts, 39, were uncovered on Thursday on Cemetery Road in Montgomery, North Carolina, near the state line with Richmond County.
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Watts was last seen on July 16 with her boyfriend, James Wendell Dunmore, as they left his home in Charlotte.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office announced that Dunmore was arrested on Thursday and charged with murder.
The U.S. Sun revealed last month that Dunmore had an extensive criminal record, including convictions for abduction and domestic violence in Alexandria, Virginia.
Details about his convictions were not immediately available.
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Still, Dunmore was arrested for both offenses in March 2002 and sentenced to five years in prison and 15 years unsupervised probation upon release.
His rap sheet also includes several other offenses, including arrests for stalking, malicious wounding, and assault and battery.
Dunmore and Watts began dating about a year ago and were introduced by her cousin, Gwendolyn Utley, who lives across the street from the suspect.
Watts drove from her home in Jackson Springs to Charlotte to visit Dunmore on July 14 but was reported missing two days later when she failed to attend a planned outing with her sister.
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On July 18, authorities located Watts' black Mercedes SUV in the parking lot of a DMV office 50 miles east of Charlotte in Polkton, North Carolina.
Authorities discovered Dunmore unresponsive inside the SUV, however, there was no sign of Watts.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department searched Dunmore's home for any clue that may lead to Watts.
HEARTBREAKING LOST
Watts worked in mental health support and was the CEO of Inspired Visions Support Services, INC, providing disability services to persons of all ages in several North Carolina counties.
Valora Connerly, an old high school classmate of Watts', described her as a pillar of her local community.
"If someone has hurt her, I hope they understand this has affected a lot of people in a way they can never comprehend," an emotional Connerly told The U.S. Sun at the time.
"She's a very good person [...] she deserves to be back home with her family, and I just don't understand how anyone could want to hurt her.
"It's just it's very heartbreaking, and I'm lost for words."
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Connerly added: "I mean, it's very heartbreaking and it's very disturbing. Because whatever happened, or whatever the story is, or whatever the facts are, she's not deserving of any of this.
"Not at all."
