Associated Press

BYHALIA, Miss. — A 65-year-old Marshall County man suspected of killing his girlfriend has been captured.

Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson tells local media that Chester Dallas Brents was caught at traffic stop in Chickasaw County Saturday night.

Dickerson believes Brents shot Cathy Mills once in the chest, killing her, after a fight on with the 54-year-old Byhalia woman. Mills' mother was present and called deputies. Cathy Mills died in her house, where Brents had also been living.

Brents fled in Mills' car, prompting a search by officers in northern Mississippi and southwest Tennessee.

Dickerson says Brents is likely to make his first court appearance Tuesday morning.