The St Elizabeth police have taken a man into custody on suspicion of killing his former partner and dumping her body in a river in the Barton Wharf, Lacovia area, as an intensive search continues for the missing woman.

The woman has been identified as 50-year-old Nicole Brown, a farmer of Barton Wharf district, Lacovia, who has been missing since Sunday, August 2.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Owen Brown told The Gleaner that the 41-year-old suspect was rescued from an angry mob by police officers and taken into custody early this morning.