FAUCETT, Mo. (AP) - A second person has been arrested in the killing of an Independence woman whose body was found in a duffle bag a year ago in rural Buchanan County, officials said.
Marcus Brooks was arrested Sunday, the Kansas City Star reported. Brooks’ arrest followed the Buchanan County Sheriff’s office announcement earlier Sunday that officials had arrested Taylor Stoughton, 22, on suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Ariel Starcher.
A Missouri Transportation Department worker found the bag with Starcher’s body inside it on Feb. 18, 2020 alongside a road in Faucett, north of Kansas City. Stoughton told investigators that she and Brooks strangled Starcher on Feb. 5, 2020, at a Kansas City hotel, according to an arrest affidavit.
Neither Stoughton nor Brooks had an attorney listed in court records who could comment for them on Monday.
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