BATON ROUGE - A man suspected of murdering his girlfriend in 2023 was extradited from Alabama and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Jail, officials said.

Andre Weatherspoon, 41, was arrested in Ozark, Alabama after a renewed effort to arrest him for the alleged murder of Tonya Loveless. WBRZ spoke to the victim's family, who called for Weatherspoon to turn himself in to authorities.

Loveless' father, Robert Smith, said he found Loveless shot to death in her apartment off Jones Creek Road. According to arrest documents, officials were able to match fingerprint evidence on the scene to Weatherspoon.

Additionally, Weatherspoon and Loveless were seen in an altercation the day prior and detectives believed Weatherspoon was the last person to see Loveless alive.

Weatherspoon was booked for second-degree murder and battery of a dating partner by East Baton Rouge officials on Tuesday.