( CNN ) -- A man who told Maryland State Police that his wife was killed by a carjacker early Friday morning has been charged in her death . Ryan Holness , 28 , was charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of Serika Dunkley Holness , 26 , according to Maryland police . Her body was found about 6 a.m. Friday in a field in Crumpton , Maryland , police said . Holness was arrested after inconsistencies surfaced in his story , according to investigators . Holness said that he and his wife were carjacked by a man armed with a knife and a gun on the New Jersey Turnpike while returning to Maryland from New York on Thursday night , police said . `` He told investigators that he was assaulted by the suspect and forced to drive to Crumpton , '' said Gregory Shipley of the Maryland State Police . `` He said the suspect bound his feet and hands with duct tape before attacking his wife who had tried to flee the scene . '' Police interviewed various people and launched a nationwide search for the carjacker and Holness ' 2007 blue Honda Accord , Shipley said . `` Information provided by Holness throughout the day Friday did not match information developed through witnesses and evidence at the scene , '' Shipley said . Shortly after 11 p.m. Friday , Holness ' car was located by a D.C. police officer on a Washington street . `` Maryland State police homicide detectives have taken custody of the car , '' Shipley said . State police are not yet sure how the car got to Washington .
Police arrest man who blamed carjacker for wife 's death . Ryan Holness told police he and wife were assaulted on trip to Maryland . Score: 6