On Thursday, police identified the body that was found along the John Warner Parkway in November and a man has been arrested and charged for second-degree murder.
According to the Albemarle County Police Department 37-year-old Robert Christopher Henderson of Albemarle County is accused of killing Angela Lynn Lax in June — on Aug. 9, Lax was reported missing by friends who said they had not heard from her for about two months.
On Nov. 8, an expanded search on the 1200 block of the parkway unearthed scattered human skeletal remains along the parkway’s trails — DNA and other evidence identified the remains of Lax’s body.
Henderson is being held without bond at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail — anyone with information on the case should contact Detective Andrew Holmes at 434-296-5807.