Carrollton Police have charged a man with murder after his girlfriend was found dead in a vehicle off I-35.

Carrollton homicide arrest What we know: On July 21, the North Texas Emergency Communications Center received a call about an unconscious person in a vehicle on the shoulder of southbound I-35 near the 2500 block of Carrollton.

Carrollton Police and Carrollton Fire-Rescue responded and found 41-year-old Vera Pitulic deceased within the vehicle.