Body found near Flomaton

A motorist traveling down Highway 113 near Flomaton Sunday evening pulled off the road to go to the bathroom. After entering the woods he discovered a body, which turned out to be Latonya Antionette Baxter, who was reported missing from Pensacola on Sept. 12.

Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson said his office received a 911 call about 6 p.m. Sunday from the motorist, who had stopped to use the bathroom on the side of Carol Lane off of Highway 113.

Sheriff Jackson said deputies and investigators responded and the motorist showed them where the body was.

"We secured the scene and notified the Pensacola police," Sheriff Jackson said.

Jackson said Pensacola police's crime scene investigators and investigators with his office secured the scene. He said Baxter was identified as the body found.

Baxter, 40, was first reported missing on Sept. 12 and her roommate, Giles Curt Jones, 38, was later arrested and charged with murder after Pensacola police found a picture of Baxter's dead body on his cell phone.

Baxter's daughter, Ja'Nay Jackson, told police her mother had last been seen about 11 a.m. on Sept. 10.

Officials stated Jones was arrested after Pensacola police searched the Pensacola home on Warwick Avenue where Baxter, Jones and Jackson rented rooms. Officers reported finding blood in multiple places inside the home and in the trunk of Jones' vehicle. Police also reported finding a picture on Jones' cellphone, taken Sept. 11, that showed Baxter's dead body. Police have not released where they thought the photograph was taken.

During the search for Baxter's body, investigators discovered a picture of Jones' vehicle taken as the 2009 gray Nissan Maxima went through the intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 4 in Century. Police reported the vehicle was photographed at that intersection at 12:19 p.m. and 3:09 p.m. on Sept. 11.

Investigators began searching areas in Escambia County, Fla., and Escambia County, Ala., for Baxter's body.