RENO COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities investigating the double homicide in Reno County on August have released the names of the two victims as 56-year-old Marion Edward Bates and 58-year-old Phillip Duane Anstine.
Prosecutors have charged 37-year-old Kyle Hardwick with two counts of premeditated first-degree murder and one count of theft.
Authorities in Maize arrested Hardwick on Sept. 1 after the Reno County Sheriff listed him as a person of interest when two bodies were discovered at a property in eastern Reno County.
Deputies went to that location for a check welfare call for a missing person. While searching the property, deputies believed they found the missing person, so they got a warrant to search the entire property and found a second man dead.
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RENO COUNTY—Authorities investigating a double-homicide in Reno County have charged 37-year-old Kyle Hardwick with two counts of premeditated first degree murder and one count of theft.
Police in Maize arrested Hardwick Wednesday. He made his first appearance in the case Thursday morning. He’s being held on a bond of $2-million and is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 9.
The case has been sealed by Judge Daniel Gilligan at this time. Authorities have not released names of the victims.
On Friday, the Reno County Sheriff's department listed Hardwick as a person of interest in the case after two bodies were discovered on a property in eastern Reno County.
Deputies were sent to that location for a check welfare call. While searching the property, deputies believed they found the missing person, so they got a warrant to search the entire property and found a second man dead.
The murder charges against Hardwick carry a life sentence without parole for 50 years.