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(AP) – A man is scheduled for an initial court appearance after being charged in the slaying of a North Dakota woman whose body was found in Louisiana.

Lafayette Parish jail records show 43-year-old Joseph E. Dalahoussaye Jr. of Lafayette, Louisiana, remains in custody on a second-degree murder charge. A jail employee says Dalahoussaye is set for an initial appearance at the jail Monday afternoon, and records didn’t show whether he has an attorney.

Deputies from Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a suicide on Friday at a home in Lafayette, but later found that they were investigating a homicide.

Deputies found the body of 29-year-old Rachael Alexander of Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Sheriff’s office spokesman John Mowell says a preliminary investigation led detectives to arrest Dalahoussaye.