The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Labette County Sheriff’s Office, and the Neosho County Sheriff’s Office locate the body of 23-year-old Dakota Patton, and arrested two subjects connected to his death.

 Yesterday morning around 11:40, 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. Patton’s remains were discovered in a field near 20th Road and Xavier Road.

 When the KBI Crime Scene Response Team responded, the evidence collected determined Patton died from an apparent gunshot wound.

 Arrest warrants for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder were then secured for 32-year-old Clint Nibarger, and 47-year-old Kimberly Thomas, both of Parsons. 

 Thomas was observed leaving a residence in Hollister, Missouri when she was arrested by the Taney County Sheriff’s Office at 6:00 last night. Taney County deputies then arrested Nibarger at the same residence around 6:30 p.m.

 Nibarger and Thomas were booked into the Taney County Jail.

 The investigation is ongoing.