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2 arrested in death of missing Wichita woman
Posted: Dec 27, 2019 8:24 AM PST
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) -
Wichita police say they've arrested two people in the death of a 41-year-old woman who was reported missing earlier this week.
Jail records show
39-year-old Ahmad Bey and 34-year-old Vanessa Waner were each booked early Friday morning for first-degree murder. Bey was also jailed on a state warrant.
Capt. Brent Allred said
a coworker reported Melinda Sprague missing when she didn't show up for work on Tuesday. Her vehicle was found Thursday in the 1500 block of East Harry. Her body was in her car.
According to Capt. Allred,
Bey and Sprague had been in a relationship and that Bey and Waner had lived together on South Mosley. Bey was arrested in Neodesha.
Sprague's death was Wichita's 35th criminal homicide of 2019.
Kansas Department of Corrections records show B
ey is on parole for a second-degree murder conviction out of Crawford County in 1999. He was paroled in July.