A suspect has been charged with murder in connection to the discovery of a woman’s body found in Yazoo City earlier this month.
The body of Stacy Lynn Walker, 40, was found around noon on Oct. 2 in the Rialto Road area in Yazoo City, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations.
Jermie Porter, 35, has been charged with murder and is currently being held at the Yazoo County Regional Correctional Facility on $1 million bond.
Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers said he estimates that Walker's time of death was 18 to 24 hours prior to her body being discovered. He added that her body was found at the end of a boat ramp leading into the Yazoo River.
MBI investigators said Walker was last seen walking on Oct. 2 about midnight near Genesis Court.
Walker's official cause of death is pending autopsy reports, which were unavailable as of press time.
