A black man has confessed to murdering a white woman in her home, then burning her body in her car to hide the evidence

The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office has charged Jermaine Wilkes, 32, with murder, burning personal property and destroying remains to conceal an unintended death. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Brianne Mary Ginty. Wilkes told investigators that he and Ginty, who were acquaintances, had gotten into an argument, which escalated into a fight and he killed the woman. Wilkes took Ginty to a wooded area to burn and hide the body. “Trying to hide evidence,” said Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid. Neighbors say that they saw people coming to the house during all hours of the day and night and they suspected it was for drugs.