ALBANY, Vt. (AP) – Police have found the body of Tina Fontaine, missing since Jan. 7, and arrested her boyfriend in connection with the death of the 29-year-old woman.

The state police said Sunday that Franky Niles, 32, was arrested Saturday.

State police said that Fontaine’s body was found in a shallow grave “a short distance” from the home.

The police did not say whether the body was found before or after Niles’ arrest.

Niles lived with Fontaine and had said he last saw her when he kissed her goodbye as he left the home they shared in Albany.

“She wouldn’t just up and leave, at least without letting somebody know,” Niles had said at the time of the disappearance. He added, “What’s going through my mind right now is everything. I feel useless. I fell helpless. There’s nothing I can do.”

Authorities had said Fontaine had been last seen buying cigarettes Friday at Bob’s Quick Stop in Irasburg. Her car was found in the driveway at her home. She was said to be seven weeks pregnant.