SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man arrested in connection with a July murder made his first court appearance in the case Friday.
SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a criminal homicide and have arrested a fourth suspect identified as 33- year-old Lawrence Bailey of Wichita.
Just after 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, a citizen reported a possible criminal homicide occurring at a home in the 800 block of South San Pablo in Wichita, according to Officer Charley Davidson.
Police began investigating and on Monday, July 6, they located the body of 47-year-old Roy Hayden of Wichita inside a vehicle in the 1500 block of North Broadway.
Through further investigation, it was determined that Hayden’s death was related to the information received of the criminal homicide on San Pablo, and three other suspects Ariana Cook 21, Matthew Small, 35, and 19-year-old Carlos Delgado all of Wichita were involved, according to Officer Davidson. Police arrested the other three suspects in September.
Bailey is being held on requested charges of 1st-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery and criminal possession of a firearm. Small and Delgado also remain in custody in Sedgwick County while Cook was transferred to another facility, according to online jail records.
This was not a random incident and is drug-related. Police do not expect additional arrests in the case, according to Davidson.