Collin County authorities confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that they have found the body of Kayla Kelley near the home of her alleged kidnapping suspect.
Kayla Kelley, a 33-year-old woman from McKinney was reported missing on January 11. Kelley’s friends reported her missing after not hearing anything from her for a couple of days. Her car was found in Frisco where it was burned.
The investigators from the sheriff’s office together with the Texas Rangers found her body in a field about a mile away from the home of the suspect. The area was near the intersection of Kingswood and Prairie Oak boulevards where authorities backtracked cell phone signals from the suspect, Ocastor Ferguson, 32 years old.
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Ferguson allegedly used a fake name and lied about being married. Investigators say he told Kelley his name was Kevin. Kelley had just recently found out that the man she’d been dating, whom she called “Kevin,” was actually a married man and his real name is Ocastor Ferguson. She told her friends she was going to blackmail him.
Ferguson was arrested Saturday and charged with kidnapping and arson charges from the Frisco Fire Marshall’s Office. He remained in custody with a bail set at $1 million. It was not determined if Ferguson has an attorney.
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