(WRDW/Gray News) - A woman was arrested Tuesday morning after a 4-year-old boy was found dead more than an hour away in an Atlanta townhome, authorities said.

Wilkes County Sheriff Darrell Powers said Jasmaine Smoak was arrested and booked into the Wilkes County Detention Center.

Jasmaine Smoak(Wilkes County Sheriff's Office)According to WRDW's sister station, Atlanta News First, Atlanta police responded to a gated community in the 3500 block of Cardinal Drive SW on Monday night for a welfare check.