DANVILLE -- A Rover man remained jailed Monday in the death of his estranged wife in Yell County.
Sheriff's deputies were called to a home on River Road near Rover when a man reported that he believed his wife was dead, Chief Deputy John Foster said Monday.
Sheriff Bill Gilkey said in a news release Monday that his office arrested the husband, Jeremy Moore, 28, after they discovered the body of Sarah Moore, 25, lying on the bathroom floor.
Jeremy Moore told deputies that he had "blacked out" and didn't recall what happened, the release said. He was arrested and awaits the filing of formal charges by Prosecuting Attorney Tom Tatum of Danville.
Authorities have sent the woman's body to the state medical examiner's office to determine the cause of death.
Online court records show that Jeremy Moore had filed a divorce petition last month and that Sarah Moore later filed a counterclaim. He cited "general indignities and other statutory grounds." She cited general indignities, a common reason listed on divorce petitions.
The couple had been awarded temporary joint custody of their three children, with the husband to pay monthly child support. On March 7, the husband had requested that an attorney ad litem be appointed to represent the children's best interests. The divorce case was pending when Sarah Moore died.
State Desk on 03/29/2016