JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. (WSIL)-- A homicide investigation is underway after a Jefferson County man was found with a body inside his car at a traffic stop.

The Jefferson County Sheriff is stating that this all unfolded a county away from where the crime occurred.

Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard says police pulled over 51-year-old John Finney in Perry County while he was traveling with the body of his wife.

Sheriff Bullard says the suspect later confessed to shooting her in a domestic dispute.

“John Finney has been arrested for first-degree murder. He's incarcerated in our jail. He will await his pretrial detention hearing, where we hope he stays incarcerated,” Bullard said.

Bullard says his office received a call Monday night with concern about a possible murder at a home on Highw

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