An Augusta County grand jury Monday indicted Timothy Aaron Wilkins, 39, of Churchville, in the murder of his girlfriend.

Augusta County Sheriff’s deputies testified they found Misty M. Phillips, 36, of Staunton, strangled and stuffed in the back of Wilkins’ Toyota 4 Runner in the Food Lion parking lot in Verona.

A Churchville man strangled his girlfriend with his bare hands and later admitted to the crime, according to authorities.