Karen Hollis was found dead in Greene County, Alabama, on Saturday, May 16
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/Karen-Hollis-found-dead-051726-fb4b13197f324abfaa930336371a8c9a.jpg "Karen Hollis, who was reported missing to the Northport Police Department on May 8, was found dead yesterday afternoon (5.16.26) in Greene County, authorities said.")
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- Karen Hollis, 23, was reported missing on Friday, May 8
- Family and friends located her remains in Greene County, Alabama, on Saturday, May 16
- Randall Dejourney has been charged in connection with her death and is being held on a $15,000 cash bond
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman who vanished in Alabama.
Karen Hollis was reported missing on May 8, having been last seen on 43rd Avenue in Northport. The 23-year-old was living with a condition that could impair her judgment, AL News and ABC 3340 News reported, citing the Northport Police.
Family and friends discovered her remains during their search at a location “identified through recovered electronic evidence,” on Saturday, May 16, the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) said in a news release shared on Facebook.
A person of interest was immediately detained.
Credit: Tuscaloosa violent crimes unit.
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Randall Lendell Dejourney has since been charged with abuse of a corpse in connection with Hollis' death. He is being held in the county jail on a $15,000 cash bond. No further information about Dejourney has been shared at this time.
The TCSO said that evidence gathered in the initial investigation suggested foul play was involved in Hollis' disappearance.
“Multiple search warrants were executed, and investigators gathered extensive physical, witness, and electronic evidence. A person of interest was identified last week; however, Karen had not yet been located,” said the TCSO in its news release.
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Hollis' remains were recovered in Greene County with the assistance of the Greene County Sheriff's Office, Greene County District Attorney's Office, and the Greene County coroner, per AL News.
The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences Medical Examiner will determine the manner of death amid an ongoing investigation.
“Additional charges may be filed or upgraded pending the results of the autopsy and determination of the cause and manner of death,” said the TCSO.
PEOPLE has reached out to the Northport Police and TCSO for further comment.