Man Arrested For Murder In Union County After Victim’s Body Found Dismembered In Barrel

MONROE, N.C. — Police say they made an arrest in a murder case where the victim was dismembered and found in Union County. 

Keith McCarthy has been charged with first degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and concealing a death.  

The body of Jaime Toledamo Hernandez, 41, of Monroe was found Friday inside a barrel in a wooded area near Stallings.  

McCarthy is in the Union County Jail being held with no bond.