'If I can't have a place to live, neither can you': Woman killed 93-year-old and left her to die in her own shower, police say

A Missouri pistillate is down bars for sidesplitting a nonagenarian recovered dormant successful her shower, Show-Me State authorities say.

Kelisha Reeves, 27, stands accused of 1 number of first-degree murder successful transportation with the decease of 93-year-old Diana Barco, according to a press release issued by the Clay County Prosecutor's Office.

The underlying incidents are said to person occurred betwixt June 8 and June 9 astatine a residence connected Briarcliff Road successful Kansas City.

On June 9, authorities were called to the residence astir a body.

Inside, the Kansas City Police Department recovered Barco with what officers initially described arsenic "bodily trauma," according to a constabulary study obtained by Kansas City-based Fox affiliate WDAF.

While Reeves was rapidly arrested for the older woman's death, details were initially scarce. Then prosecutors filed the charges.

The archetypal motion of thing amiss came erstwhile a attraction idiosyncratic recovered Barco's walker extracurricular adjacent the beforehand door, according to a probable origin connection obtained by section CBS affiliate KCTV. The idiosyncratic past went successful the location to look for the unfortunate and recovered her lying look down successful the shower, according to the charging document.

Around 11:30 a.m. connected the time successful question, authorities arrived astatine the country and recovered the unfortunate without a garment oregon bra on, but inactive wearing her pants and socks, according to instrumentality enforcement.

A handheld showerhead attached to a hose had been pulled retired of the partition and wrapped astir Barco's precocious body, constabulary said.

Detectives besides noted the beingness of what looked similar humor successful the doorway starring into the bath and covering covered successful humor connected the bath floor, according to the charging document.

The unfortunate was recovered to person suffered aggregate evident stab wounds to the backmost of her caput and neck, instrumentality enforcement said, citing the aesculapian examiner. She besides appeared to person been strangled.

During the ensuing investigation, detectives learned astir different reported crimes successful the vicinity of the woman's decease — and those crimes offered what appeared to beryllium telltale clues.

As it turned out, a home unit lawsuit involving spot harm arsenic good arsenic an arson was reported successful the contiguous country connected June 8. In some of those cases, Reeves was listed arsenic the suspect, constabulary said.

The arson peculiarly stood out, constabulary said.

The unfortunate successful that lawsuit said Reeves was among a radical of 3 radical seen walking distant from the occurrence — 1 of whom allegedly said: "If I can't person a spot to live, neither tin you."

When Barco's household was fixed entree to the residence, they noticed a recognition paper was missing, according to instrumentality enforcement. That aforesaid recognition paper was allegedly recovered with Reeves erstwhile she was yet arrested successful Jasper County — immoderate 150 miles owed southbound of Kansas City — connected June 13, successful narration to the spot harm case.

The recognition paper had the victim's sanction scratched out, constabulary said. Additionally, constabulary recovered different items that appeared to person been taken from Barco's residence, according to the charging document.

Reeves, for her part, told detectives she was crossed the thoroughfare from the victim's location erstwhile Barco saw her crying and told her to travel implicit for safety, according to the probable origin statement.

Then, the suspect allegedly told detectives, she slept connected a seat successful beforehand of Barco's location until the aged pistillate gave her the recognition paper truthful she could find information and shelter, and adjacent added her arsenic an authorized user.

Reeves is being detained successful the Clay County Jail connected $1 cardinal bond. She is adjacent slated to look successful tribunal connected June 30.