A Laurel man is in Delaware custody on murder and other charges in connection with the death of a woman found along a Laurel roadway March 9.

Joseph Beck, 32, was arrested in Virginia after a grand jury indicted him March 25 on first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a person prohibited and abuse of corpse in connection with the death of Tia A. Tucker, 34, of Seaford. Tucker’s body was found mutilated along South Shell Bridge Road near Broad Creek Estates with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, said Master Cpl. Melissa Jaffe of the Delaware State Police.

The Delaware Division of Forensic Science later determined the manner of death was homicide caused by a gunshot.

On April 4, Beck was extradited to Delaware where he was charged with the above indictments and committed to James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in default of $2,062,000 cash only bond.