Police make arrest after woman found dead at High Bridge Trail State Park

PRINCE EDWARD, Va. (WWBT) - Virginia State Police have arrested a man after a 23-year-old woman was found dead at High Bridge Trail State Park.

On Saturday, Aug. 23, Virginia State Police said two bicyclists reported finding the remains of a woman in the Prospect area of the state park.

The woman was identified Tuesday as 23-year-old Samantha Okinyi of Prospect.

On Friday, Aug. 29, Virginia State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Appomattox Field Office agents arrested Demetrius M. Brown, 28, of Lynchburg. They charged him with second-degree murder in connection ot Okinyi’s death.

Brown was taken into custody without incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call Virginia State Police Division 3 Dispatch at 1-800-552-0962.