Denton

Man Arrested in Connection With Ponder Woman's Slaying: Sheriff

The Denton County Sheriff's Office says an Alvord man was arrested Friday in connection with the slaying

Police say they've made an arrest in connection with the stabbing death of a woman whose body was found Sunday in a Denton creek.

Investigators with the Denton County Sheriff's Office confirmed Thursday that the death of 20-year-old Jade Monique Harris, of Ponder, is being investigated as a homicide.

The Denton County Sheriff's Office says Tanner L. Brock, 21, of Alvord, was taken into custody Friday.

The Denton Record Chronicle reports Brock is the Harris' ex-boyfriend.

Harris' body was found Nov. 3 by a group of people fishing in a creek near Farm-to-Market Road 2499, west of Ponder.

Brock is being held on $500,000 bond. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer.

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