A woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her 21-year-old ex-boyfriend to death and going on the run.

Melanie Eam, 20, is accused of killing James Barry at his home in Loxahatchee, Florida early Thursday morning.

She was arrested on Saturday after going on the run to Silver Spring in Maryland - some 1,000 miles away from the scene of the crime.

Melanie Eam, 20, is accused of killing 21-year-old James Barry (pictured together) at his home in Loxahatchee, Florida early Thursday morning

Eam was wanted by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office in connection to the death of her ex-boyfriend.

Family members said the young couple had recently gone through a bad break up.

Barry's mother, Nicola Barry, told CBS12 her slain child was a loving, model son.

'A good kid, his life taken the way it was taken,' she said.

James Barry, 21, was found stabbed to death at his home in Loxahatchee, Florida on Thursday

Eam was arrested on Saturday after going on the run to Silver Spring in Maryland - some 1,000 miles away from the scene of the crime

Police named Eam as a person of interest after Barry's body was found at his home (pictured)

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'He was so kind, and always giving everybody another chance. He's so loved, and so missed right now.'

His father James Barry said: 'He would do anything for anyone, always put other people first, all the time.

'We live in an 'I' society. That was the opposite of James.'

Eam will remain in custody in Maryland until she is extradited back to Palm Beach County, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Family said Eam and Barry had recently gone through a bad break up before she allegedly stabbed him to death