Suspect charged with murder for May death of woman in Arlington

Jacksonville, FL — An arrest has been made in the death of a woman who was shot and pushed from a moving vehicle in the Arlington area this spring.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on Tuesday announced the arrest of Charles Rowlands, 29,  for the May death of Victoria Braddock.

Police say the victim and suspect were friends and had a drug relationship, however they don’t know why he did it.

In early June, Rowlands was charged with tampering with evidence.  Since then detectives located key pieces of evidence including blood.

Police say Rowlands only recently sold his 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer. When investigators tracked it down, they found recent attempts to clean the vehicle of blood as well as “a large amount of blood trace evidence” in areas of the vehicle not easy to access.

JSO has been searching for a black Chevrolet Trailblazer since the incident on Cortez Road on May 15th. The SUV was caught on surveillance leaving the scene after Braddock was pushed out.

Police say Rowlands was seen with a white male in a black Chevy Trailblazer about a week before her death. The arrest report also indicates Braddock was in Rowlands’ SUV with him when he was recently arrested for armed possession of cocaine and carrying a concealed firearm. During that contact with police, Rowlands said he was an Uber driver, according to the arrest report.