Guntersville police have charged a man in the murder of a woman whose body was found early Monday morning in a ditch.

Colton Carroll, 33, was arrested on a murder warrant, according to police.

Investigators say the killing resulted from a domestic dispute.

According to police, the body of Faleisha Thompson, 42, of Athens, was found in a ditch along J.W. Darnell Road in Guntersville around 1:30 a.m. Monday.

Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene.