An arrest has been made on second-degree murder charges for the murder of a Chanute woman.
According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, 37-year-old Joseph R. Deluca was served an arrest warrant at the Cumberland County Detention Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Deluca was already incarcerated at the jail on unrelated charges. The new charges stem from the murder of 47-year-old Elaina M. Asprea earlier this month.
On December 6th Neosho County Sheriff Deputies were conducting a welfare check after receiving information from the Cumberland Sheriff's Office. Deputies located the body of Asprea next to a field near the residence. Deluca, who had been arrested in North Carolina the day before, became a person of interest in the case at that time. The investigation is ongoing.
