LABETTE COUNTY — A Parsons man has been arrested for the murder of a Parsons woman over the weekend.
Derrick W. Curry, 53, Parsons, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the killing of Kylie Caldwell, 28.
The body of Caldwell, who was last seen early morning Sunday, was found by hunters in a field on the outskirts of Parsons later Sunday. Evidence at the scene suggested Caldwell was murdered, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced previously.
Curry was taken into custody on Monday for suspected interference with the judicial process by either concealing or destroying evidence of a crime.
He was in the Labette County Jail as KBI agents and investigators executed search warrants at his Parsons apartment and in his vehicle on Monday and Tuesday.
An arrest warrant for second-degree murder was issued Wednesday morning and served to Curry while he was in custody at the jail.
Curry and Caldwell were acquaintances, according to a KBI press release.
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