A murder suspect wanted out of Tennessee was captured in Galesburg last week, after a nationwide manhunt.
Christopher S. Falls was captured on Thursday according to 9th Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson.
He is alleged to have killed his live-in girlfriend, Julia Manning. Her body was discovered by a friend at the couple’s home around the town of Lancing, around 50 miles west of Knoxville, Tennessee, on July 7.
The friend was checking on Manning since he hadn’t heard from her in weeks.
The U.S. Marshal Service had been leading the search for Falls and had been looking in Tennessee and Kansas where Falls was known to have family connections. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations considered Falls to be armed and dangerous.
Just the day before Falls was caught, he was added to the TBI’s 10 most wanted list with a $2,500 reward for information leading to his arrest.
Falls is charged with 2nd-degree murder in Morgan County, Tennessee.
