CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A soldier faces a criminal homicide charge after his wife - thought to be originally from Winneshiek County - was found shot to death early Tuesday.

The Leaf Chronicle newspaper reported Clarksville police responding to a welfare check found the body of Sena Marie Downing, 25. They put out an alert for a Ford Explorer with Fort Campbell decals.

Police located the vehicle and found the woman's husband, Jonathan Clyde Downing, 31, hiding in the woods. Police talked with him for a couple of hours before arresting him without incident at around noon.

Clarksville police spokesman Jim Knoll said officers then booked Downing into the Montgomery County Ja