The body of a man found in a dry creek bed along I-44 in southwest Missouri has been ruled a homicide.

 

 63-year-old Jesse Gilmore was found deceased on Monday. The Jasper County Sheriff's Office says Gilmore had been shot in the head in the parking lot of a gas station on the outskirts of Joplin and dumped in the creek bed. The two suspects then took Gilmore's red Chevy Cobalt and fled. The vehicle was found abandoned in Independence, MO.

 

Two Honduran brothers in the United States Illegally have been arrested for the crime. 26-year-old Adin Cantareno Benitez and 20-year-old Jose Cantareno Benitez were arrested in Kansas City. The older brother is accused of being the shooter in the Gilmore case and the younger brother is also accused in the attempted car-jacking and shooting of a Kansas City woman, who remains in critical condition in a Kansas City hospital.

 

Adin Cantareno Benitez had been charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and first-degree robbery. Charges against his brother are expected to be filed soon.