Fort Worth police arrested a man in the fatal attack of a woman on New Year's Day.
Jim Harvey Opry is accused of hitting 22-year-old Britney Eylar with a blunt object.
She was found unconscious near Haltom Road on New Year's Day and died a week later.
Police arrested Opry on Monday.
He also had a warrant for another aggravated assault.
Investigators plan to seek murder charges against him.