MCDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. — One shot to the head killed a McDowell County woman, according to what her husband who is now charged with her murder allegedly told deputies with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Department.

The body of Rebecca Wood, believed to be around age 38, of English, was found Saturday evening less than 24 hours after her mother first reported her missing with a call to 911.

The mother told officials on Friday night she had not seen Wood since Tuesday, March 29.

Though she had talked to Wood’s husband, Woody Alfred Wood, Jr., McDowell County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. James Muncy said, “She didn’t feel he was telling her the truth.”

Efforts to speak with Mr. Wood, 35, were unsuccessful on Friday night. He was not located until Saturday morning when he showed up at McDowell County Magistrate Court.

“After we talked to Mr. Wood, he pretty much confessed to it (the murder of Mrs. Wood),” Muncy said.

“He shot her in the head,” Muncy told MetroNews. When asked if it was a single shot, he replied, “That’s what he’s saying.” The criminal complaint indicated there was some type of altercation before the shooting.

Mr. Wood was soon arrested.

At 5 p.m. Saturday, those with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Department with assistance from State Police, including members of the State Police Mobile Forensics Team, arrived at the Wood home with a search warrant.

Muncy said that was when Mrs. Wood’s body was found buried in the basement.

“We have talked to the family and the family doesn’t want a lot of information released, so that’s going to have to wait until trial,” Muncy said when asked about conditions in the home.

As of Monday morning, Mr. Wood was still being held in McDowell County’s holding unit where he was awaiting arraignment on a charge of first degree murder.