FLORENCE, Alabama - Florence Police arrested a man early this morning in connection with the death of a volunteer Deshler coach whose body was found Friday in the Tennessee River.

According to a post on the Florence Police Department Facebook page, Jeremy Leshun Williams, 29, of 117 East Hawthorne St., Apt. 1, was charged with murder and taken to the Lauderdale County Detention Center.

Williams is charged in connection with the death of Brioni Jamaal Rutland, 27, of Tuscumbia, who was reported missing Tuesday.

Brioni Rutland, whose body was found Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, in the Tennessee River, was a former football star at Deshler High School and was a volunteer coach for the schoolas football, track and basketball teams. He also played football for the University of North Alabama in 2004. (Contributed by WHNT News 19)

Rutland was a former football star at Deshler High School and was a volunteer coach for the school's football, track and basketball teams. He also played football for the University of North Alabama in 2004.

His body was taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for an autopsy, according to the Colbert County Coroner.

Authorities began searching the river Friday after someone reported seeing blood on the Old Railroad Bridge. Divers found Rutland's body early Friday afternoon. According to the Florence Police report, detectives with Tuscumbia and Sheffield police uncovered evidence that led them to Williams' apartment.

The report stated: "Evidence located at that apartment led police to believe that Rutland may have been murdered in Florence. Detectives, along with investigators with Sheffield Police and Tuscumbia Police, have worked throughout the night gathering evidence which has ultimately led to Williams being charged."

Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia police were joined in the investigation by Alabama Marine Police, and Alabama Bureau of Investigation agents, police said.

The investigation is ongoing.