(AP/KXXV) - Authorities say a Houston man accused of killing his estranged wife has been arrested in Las Vegas.
The U.S. Marshals Service says 48-year-old Johnny Leon Wilson was arrested Wednesday on a warrant accusing him of murder in the presumed death of 29-year-old Charine Wilson.
According to the Marshals Service, the warrant was issued after Charine Wilson visited her husband at his apartment on Nov. 10. Her body was found over a month later in a ditch in Navarro County.
The Navarro County Sheriff's Office said her body was badly decomposed and died as a result of homicidal violence with multiple gunshot wounds.
The Marshals Service says Johnny Wilson was staying at a Las Vegas hotel under an alias and that he was jailed pending extradition to Texas.
Online federal court records don't list a defense attorney who could comment on the allegations.
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