A New York woman is being held in the Catoosa County jail without bond after police have charged her with the murder of a man whose body was found in the Chickamauga Battlefield Park in December.

Jennifer Alison Demott, 25, Geneva, N.Y., was arrested Tuesday, January 19th on charges of felony murder and exploitation or intimidation of an elderly person.

Bond has been denied for Demott at this time.

The investigation and subsequent charges stem from a Dec. 12 incident where a male body was discovered in Chickamauga Battlefield Park.

The man was later identified as 59-year-old Duane Hollenbeck, also of New York.

Hollenbeck’s body was discovered on a hiking/horse trail near Alexander Bridge Road.

Demott was one of four witnesses interviewed on the scene and was arrested six days later, on Dec. 18, on a charge of abuse or exploitation of an elderly person. Demott’s charges were upgraded to include murder as the investigation has progressed.

The investigation has revealed that Demott allegedly killed Hollenbeck by striking him in the head with a blunt force object, causing fatal head trauma.

One of the other witnesses in the case stated Demott was the killer.

(Walker County Messenger)