MONTEREY — A Monterey resident has been charged with second-degree murder and more arrests are pending in connection with the homicide of a man whose body was found in a Bayou in April.

Hartwell Layne Tiffee, 34, 679 Louisiana 907, has been charged with second-degree murder by the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office Thursday morning, public information officer Vernon Stevens said.

Tiffee was named a person of interested in the homicide of Duell Moreland, 26, the week after family members found the victim’s body on April 29 in a bayou off of Peale Cross Road in Monterey.

Though the sheriff’s office was still waiting on results from the crime lab, Stevens said investigators believed the evidence was enough to seek a warrant.

Moreland went missing from his grandparent’s residence on March 29. He reportedly received a number of phone calls that evening before leaving the residence, which is where he primarily resided.

After a month of searching, his body — mostly skeletal remains — was found in late April by his grandfather, Rufus “Buddy” Tiffee, who received a tip from a family friend and organized a boat expedition.

Tiffee, a relative of Moreland’s, was already in jail on other charges when the warrant was issued. His bond was set at $650,000.