The man charged with capital murder in the killing of a Jefferson County father is back in Alabama.

Youit Jones, 35, is charged in the slaying of 42-year-old Nathan Gemeinhart.

Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies extradited Jones to Alabama from Oklahoma. He was booked into the jail just before 9:30 p.m. Thursday and remains held without bond.

Jones was captured following a carjacking attempt in Oklahoma. Court records obtained by AL.com showed Jones tried to rob a woman of her vehicle and was held down by McDonald’s employees in the restaurant parking lot until police could arrive.

The Oklahoma charges against Jones were dismissed earlier this month in deference to the more serious alleged crimes in Alabama.

Authorities have not released a motive in Gemeinhart’s slaying, but the charge is capital because it involved kidnapping and arson.

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Nathan Gemeinhart

The homicide investigation began Aug. 9 when Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service responded at 2:45 a.m. to the 1300 block of Eufaula Avenue on a report of a house fire.

Firefighters arrived on the scene to find the abandoned house in flames.

Once they extinguished the blaze, they found a badly burned body inside. Police said evidence showed that the person was a victim of homicide.

Less than one block away, authorities found Gemeinhart’s 2007 Toyota Corolla parked in front of a house on Pike Road.

Gemeinhart had left his southern Jefferson County home about 7:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, and was going to check on some properties over on the west side of the county. He worked in property management.

He was supposed to meet his wife at 11:30 a.m. for his daughters’ Meet the Teacher school event, but never showed up.

Friends and family immediately launched a search for Gemeinhart, knowing it was unlike him to be out of touch with them, and to miss the school event for his kindergartners, which were the oldest of his four children.

Family reported that Gemeinhart’s had been spotted on surveillance cameras at 8:40 a.m. that Monday on Aaron Aranov Drive in Fairfield.

There was phone data at 8:49 a.m. and then nothing after that time.

A family friend offered a $100,000 reward for information on his whereabouts as fliers were widely circulated on social media.

Police had remained publicly tight-lipped on any possible connection between the body and Gemeinhart’s disappearance, but it was widely speculated that the two cases would become one, which they did.

Within hours of the discovery of Gemeinhart’s body and car, Birmingham’s SWAT team descended on a house next to where the car was found.

Detectives and evidence technicians conducted an extensive search but have not said what they found.

Police announced they were searching for Jones in connection with the homicide, labeling Jones “armed and dangerous.”

Jones had been staying in the house that was searched by the SWAT team and detectives.

Only a small alley separates Jones’ house from the abandoned house where the body was found.