Updated 08/28/2017


A Tennessee woman has been arrested in Arkansas for her alleged role in the August 18th death of a man thrown from a train Wyoming.

Ashley Chandler, 29, of Lawrenceburg was taken into custody Thursday in Hot Springs, Arkansas and charged with accessory after the fact.

The Hot Springs Police Department reported that the 26-year-old victim, Eric Barrett, was traveling on a freight train with Chandler and Dennis Morely. Officers said there was a fight and Barrett was thrown from the train.

According to the Sheriff's Office in Wyoming, Morely pushed Barrett during the fight, and Deputies said Chandler discarded evidence linking them to the killing.

Morely is in custody in Denton, Texas. he is charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Chandler is in the Garland County Detention Center in Arkansas awaiting extradition to Wyoming.