Two people have been arrested Monday night in connection to a body found in southeast Kansas.
According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, around 11:40 a.m. Monday, deputies from the Labette County Sheriff's Office and the Neosho County Sheriff's Office were searching an area northeast of Parsons in rural Neosho County when they discovered the remains of Dakota Patton, 23, in a field near 20th Road and Xavier Road.
The KBI states their Crime Scene Response Team responded to the area and collected evidence. They determined Patton died from an apparent gunshot wound.
Arrest warrants for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder were secured for 32-year-old Clint Nibarger and 47-year-old Kimberly Thomas, both of Parsons. Both were arrested in Hollister, Missouri. They were booked into Taney County Jail.
