Arrest made in Jack Berry Jr. case

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - Police announced a break in the case of a missing Terre Haute man.

Jack Berry Jr. went missing in December.

Now, police are saying Berry was murdered and they have made an arrest in the case.

Brent England, 23, of Terre Haute was arrested at his father's home in Marshall, Ill. Friday morning. He will be charged with Berry's murder.

Police searched for Berry last December after his abandoned vehicle was found by the Wabash River.  They found evidence in England's vehicle that led to the arrest.

"Blood evidence was also found in the trunk of his vehicle. That blood has been confirmed to be the DNA, that of Jack Berry Jr.," Sean Keen of the Terre Haute Police Department said.

He is currently being held in the Clark Co Illinois Jail, waiting for extradition back to Vigo County.

Berry's family told News 10 Berry was on his way to get guns from a friend's house when he disappeared. His car was found abandoned a few days later.