Kelsey Smith Case: Suspect In Custody
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Edwin R. Hall, 26, from Olathe was in custody on Wednesday night in the murder of Kelsey Smith. Hall was identified as the person of interest that police had been looking for since Smith's disappearance on Saturday.
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Police have arrested a suspect in the abduction and slaying of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith. Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass says 26-year-old Edwin Hall of Olathe is in custody in Johnson County Jail pending formal charges. Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline says the state will ask for a 5 million dollar bond. Kline says Hall's first appearance may be tomorrow but is more likely to be on Friday. Earlier today, searchers found a body at Longview Lake near Grandview, Missouri, they believed to be that of Smith. She disappeared Saturday from a Target parking lot in Overland Park. Officers were searching at the lake after tracing signals from Smith's cell phone.
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