PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) — Kentucky State Police say an arrest has been made in the investigation of a woman found dead Friday in the Beaver community of Floyd County.

Troopers took 35-year-old Joshua Gayheart of Beaver into custody following ongoing investigative work. He is lodged in the Floyd County Detention Center and is charged with murder.

This update follows the original call to Prestonsburg 911 on November 21, when KSP responded to a report of an unresponsive female on KY 979. Investigators found 35-year-old Sarah Slone of Beaver deceased from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and her body was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.