FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Florida man is behind bars after he was charged with the murder of a young woman.

Tyquan Pearson, 25, is now behind bars after he was arrested in Virginia.

Pearson faces charges surrounding the murder of 19-year-old Brittany Taylor.

Prosecutors said Pearson drove Taylor to a Tamarac hotel after the pair met online in May. That was the last time she was seen alive.

Taylor’s body was later found buried behind a home in Fort Lauderdale.

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