SEDGWICK COUNTY —Police have located a deceased body in remote Cowley County believed to be 50-year-old Jeffery Jones of Hutchinson, KS, stemming from an ongoing December criminal homicide investigation, according to officer Charley Davidson.
Through continued investigation and interviews, police were led to an area near 107th Street East and 32nd Street South in Cowley County, searching for Jones’ body and any other potential evidence in this case.
Upon searching, officers found a deceased body in an abandoned structure in that area. WPD will work with the Regional Forensic Science Center to confirm the identity of the body.
Police previously arrested 53-year-old Jeffrey Hill of Wichita, on charges of 2nd-degree murder, possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, possession of narcotics, possession of marijuana, and resisting arrest.
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 29, a 50-year-old male reported to WPD officers of Hill being involved in an alleged criminal homicide in the 2100 block of South Water earlier in the month and that the victim was taken to an unknown location outside of Wichita and buried, according to Davidson.
WPD officers and investigators began investigating the case. The investigation revealed the victim was 50-year-old Jeffery Jones of Hutchinson, KS. The examination of evidence and witness interviews led to Hill’s arrest.