20-year-old arrested after west 12th street death investigation was upgraded to homicide

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A 20-year-old was arrested on Friday after an investigation into a body found in a wooded area in Little Rock was upgraded to a homicide.

Little Rock police arrested Omarion Taylor for the death of 30-year-old James Moore.

According to authorities, on May 28, officers discovered a body near the 2600 block of West 12th Street.

Homicide detectives started an investigation and the body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy and cause of death.

After the autopsy, the investigation was upgraded and the body was identified as Moore's.

Police said it was determined that the homicide occurred at 11th & Thayer Street on May 27, with Moore's body being discovered a day later.

Taylor has been charged with capital murder.