A Limestone County native and Elkmont High School alum was allegedly murdered Sunday by her live-in boyfriend, according to media outlets in Georgia and Tennessee.

The Chattanooga Times-Free Press and Northwest Georgia News are reporting 29-year-old David Ryan Walker of LaFayette has been charged in the death of 29-year-old Candace Ann Hankins, a 2005 graduate of Elkmont High School. Officials investigating the murder told media outlets that Hankins was also pregnant at the time of her death.

Walker had his first court appearance on Monday. He is currently being held in jail with no bond.

Walker County, Georgia, Sheriff Steve Wilson told the Northwest Georgia News that Walker moved Hankins’ body to a wooded area near the home they shared and wrapped her remains in a blanket. The sheriff said Walker then asked family members to help him dispose of her body, but family members instead called law enforcement.

“We responded to this address (Sunday) evening around 7:25 p.m. in response to a call that a homicide may have occurred here at this address,” the sheriff told the Northwest Georgia News. “Upon arrival, two deputies came here to do a welfare check on a female who we have been told could be in distress or could possibly be deceased. Upon arrival here, the deputies spoke to the male occupant and upon speaking with him, we further determined that the female occupant here at this home was deceased. … At some point, we believe that the death occurred inside the home. However, the suspect either picked up the deceased or drug the deceased to the wooded area.”

Wilson also said there was no sign of a weapon, such as a gun or a knife, involved in the murder.

“We are uncertain as to the cause of death, but we believe it was possibly some type of forced trauma to the body that caused the death. As to the motive, we are not certain of that at this point,” Wilson said.

Wilson told The Times-Free Press that authorities had visited the Wheeler Road home on several previous occasions for investigations into possible drug use or domestic violence. The paper also reported that Hankins had been studying at UTC to become a legal assistant but was not currently enrolled.

A video of the sheriff’s remarks was posted on WTVC-TV’s Facebook page.