A 55-year-old woman faces murder charges after her husband was found dead inside their Lithonia home, police said.

Kenneth Jones, 68, was discovered in his St. Thomas Drive home late Thursday night, DeKalb County police told Channel 2 Action News.

Authorities took Cynthia Jones in for questioning and later arrested her, Channel 2  reported. She remains in the DeKalb County jail.

No other details were released.

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