TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A person wanted in connection with the death of a woman nearly a week ago in Oklahoma City was located late Tuesday at a residence in the capital city of Kansas, officials said.
The person, identified as Carlos Slaughter, 51, was later found dead inside the home in what officials were calling “a possible suicide.”
The Topeka Police Department, with assistance from the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma City Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, combined efforts to investigate the case.
Around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, officials said, Topeka police units responded to a one-story house at 1204 S.W. Orleans after receiving information the wanted person was at that address.
A standoff ensued, and Topeka police officers were able to make entry into the home several hours later around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
After entering the home, police found the suspect dead in what officials were calling a “possible suicide.”
Topeka police units remained at the scene of the multi-colored house past 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, as yellow crime-scene tape had been placed around the residence.
The residence sustained heavy damage, with broken windows and items strewn in the front yard.
Authorities later Wednesday morning provided information about what had transpired at the residence, which is located immediately south of the rainbow-colored Equality House and directly east across the street from Westboro Baptist Church.
Officials said the case stemmed from a homicide that was reported following a house fire on Thursday morning, July 24, at 2237 S.W. 76th St., on the south side of Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City police investigators were called to the fire scene and determined the victim, identified as 45-year-old Kellie Slaughter, had injuries that were consistent with a homicide.
A warrant was issued for the person suspected in Slaughter’s death, officials said, which led to officers going late Tuesday to the house in a usually quiet neighborhood of west Topeka.
Oklahoma City police on Wednesday morning said they weren’t releasing the suspect’s name until next-of-kin notification had been made.
Additional details weren’t available as of early Wednesday afternoon.
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