A man has been charged with the murder of missing Irish vet Catherine Gowing.
Ms Gowing (37) has been missing since she failed to arrive at work at the Evans Veterinary Practice in Mold, North Wales, on Monday.
Clive Sharpe (46) from Bethesda, Gwynedd, will appear before Mold Magistrates' Court tomorrow morning, the British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
CPS spokeswoman Karen Dixon told a press conference that there was sufficient evidence to charge the suspect.
Police earlier carried out forensic examinations on Ms Gowing's five-door Renault Clio car found burned-out car near her home.
Yesterday, the sister of missing Ms Gowing described her as "the light of my life" yesterday as she pleaded for public help in finding her.
Detectives have now traced her movements up until nearly 9pm on Friday night, when she was seen on CCTV cameras leaving an Asda supermarket carrying a pizza.
It has emerged friends and colleagues had begun to become concerned about her after a colleague received an unfinished text message from her later on Friday evening.
Colleagues realised over the weekend that her Irish-registered Renault Clio was missing, but they did not raise the alarm until 9am on Monday, believing she had gone away for the weekend.
David Evans, who owns the veterinary practice in Mold where Ms Gowing has worked for the last 18 months, said: "We thought maybe she had gone somewhere for the weekend or got into some difficulty or something like that.
"We informed the police as soon as she did not turn up for work at 9 o'clock on Monday morning. Then we left it to the police," he told RTÉ News.
Speaking at a police-organised press conference, Ms Gowing's sister, Emma, said: "Please look, please search, please help us find our beautiful sister. Catherine is a kind, sensitive, beautiful person. She's passionate about animals and utterly devoted to my family. She's my best friend, she's the light of my life and she's the light of my parents' life," she said.
Supported by her husband, Shay Maguire, the missing woman's sister said: "If you have any information about Catherine, no matter how trivial you think it is, please contact the police. I'd implore the local community to do all they can and help us find her. Look out of your windows, look as you drive or head to work. Check your local street, car parks, garages, waste land or anywhere a car may be left.
"Please look, please search, and please help us find my beautiful sister," she said.