A fugitive from Virginia wanted for a double homicide has been arrested in Tahoka, Texas.

KAMC News reports that Amos Jacob Arroyo is now in the custody of the Lynn County Sheriff’s Office.

Arroyo is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her father in July of last year in Newport News, Virginia.

He was on the run from authorities for six months and turned himself in to police on Wednesday (Jan. 31).

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