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UPDATE: The district attorney’s office refused to prosecute these charges on March 1, according to information from the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman wanted out of New Orleans, Louisiana for second-degree murder was captured in Memphis by the U.S. Marshals Wednesday, reports say.

According to a press release, an arrest warrant was issued for Nile Ward, 26, after a man was found stabbed to death in an abandoned car at the intersection of Old Gentilly Road and Reynes Street in New Orleans on Sept. 25.

Nile Ward (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service)

At around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, U.S. Marshals assisted by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Team reportedly found ward at a motel on Lamar Avenue.

The U.S. Marshals Service says Ward was taken into custody without incident and will be held in Shelby County pending extradition back to Louisiana.