SEDGWICK COUNTY—Kansas man accused in the death of a woman whose body was found at a motel made his first court appearance in the case Tuesday.
Ricky Hollins, Jr., 40, Wichita, was charged with first-degree murder and buying sexual relations, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
Just after 10a.m. October 22, police responded to a call of an unresponsive woman in a room at the Budget Motel in the 1300 Block of South Broad in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson. A staff member of the motel located 33-year-old Stephanie Duran of Wichita in the room and called the police.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. The following evening, police arrested and booked Hollins into the Sedgwick County Jail, according to online jail records. He remains jailed on $200,000 bond.
Kansas Department of Corrections records show Hollins has prior drug convictions.