(KTTS News) — Two people from Kansas are in the Taney County Jail charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Taney County deputies arrested 32-year-old Clint Nibarger and 47-year-old Kimberly Thomas Monday night at a home in Hollister.
They’re wanted for the shooting death of 23-year-old Dakota Patton from Parsons.
His body was found in a field Monday northeast of Parsons.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting.
Authorities have not released a motive.
Press Release
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Labette County Sheriff’s Office, and the Neosho County Sheriff’s Office located the body of missing 23-year-old Dakota A. Patton, and arrested two subjects connected to his death.
On Monday, May 8 around 11:40 a.m., deputies from the Labette County Sheriff’s Office and the Neosho County Sheriff’s Office were searching an area northeast of Parsons in rural Neosho County. They discovered Patton’s remains in a field near 20th Road and Xavier Road.
The KBI’s Crime Scene Response Team responded to the area. They collected evidence and determined Patton died from an apparent gunshot wound.
Arrest warrants for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder were secured for Clint W. Nibarger, 32, of Parsons, and Kimberly J. Thomas, 47, of Parsons.
At approximately 6 p.m. on Monday, Thomas was observed leaving a residence in Hollister, Missouri when she was arrested by the Taney County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies from the Taney County Sheriff’s Office then arrested Nibarger at the same residence at around 6:30 p.m.
Nibarger and Thomas were booked into the Taney County Jail.
The investigation is ongoing. Nothing further will be released.
