MCKEE, Ky. (WKYT) - A man is facing charges in a Kentucky murder case.

Kentucky State Police troopers arrested 24-year-old James S. Bergman of Irvine on Wednesday in connection with the death of 40-year-old James D. Carmack, also of Irvine.

The incident happened in May, when troopers said they found Carmack dead inside a vehicle on Richardson Road in McKee.

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Bergman is facing charges of murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence.

He was taken to the Three Forks Regional Detention Center in Lee County.

This investigation is ongoing.

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