The physique of a lady reported lacking after threatening to inform the spouse of the person she was relationship that he was having an affair was discovered buried in a area close to his Dallas-area residence, authorities mentioned.
The physique found Wednesday night in Grand Prairie is that of Kayla Kelley, 33, the Collin County sheriff’s workplace mentioned Thursday. The Tarrant County health worker’s workplace mentioned the reason for loss of life was pending. She was reported lacking final week.
Ocastor Ferguson, 32, was arrested Saturday on a kidnapping cost in Kelley’s disappearance, in line with the sheriff’s workplace. Her burned automobile was present in a distant space of the Dallas suburb of Frisco on Jan. 12, the day after she was reported lacking. In response to an arrest affidavit, her aunt and associates mentioned they hadn’t heard from her in a number of days.
Ferguson remained in jail Thursday, the place data confirmed he was additionally being held on an arson cost. Jail data didn’t record an legal professional for him.
Following the identification of Kelley’s physique, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned that it’s working with the district legal professional’s workplace to find out what further expenses will likely be introduced towards Ferguson.
Ferguson advised investigators that he met Kelley on-line they usually started relationship over the summer season, the affidavit mentioned. He mentioned he’d used a faux title along with her however that she would work out his precise title and that he was married, it added.
In conversations discovered by investigators on Ferguson’s telephone between him and Kelley, she’d advised him that she would inform his spouse concerning the affair if he didn’t reply her, in line with the affidavit.
Investigators additionally discovered {that a} car Ferguson’s spouse had reported stolen was situated close to Kelley’s residence in Collin County, situated north of Dallas, with gloves, duct tape and a blanket inside, the affidavit mentioned.
