A statement from Nye County, Nevada, Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said that Matthew Thomas Benner, 28, confessed when he was arrested Monday near Las Vegas. Hundreds of mourners turned out for a candlelight vigil in front of her parents' house near York, Pennsylvania, on Monday night. A sheriff in Nevada says a North Carolina man has confessed to killing a bride-to-be who was pulled from her burning apartment in Charlotte last weekend. Benner is charged with murder in the death Saturday of Amanda Strous, 27, who lived in the same apartment complex as Benner. Benner was arrested without incident after authorities traced a signal from his cellphone and found him asleep in his vehicle, the sheriff said.

Source: ABC News June 21, 2016 14:45 UTC