Hays Post spoke to Colby Police and has been in contact with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the State Attorney General’s office and has pieced together more information on the suspicious weekend death of a 27-year old Colby woman. Published reports in Colby also indicate that 27 year old Teri Chase Morris, who worked at Walmart in Colby and as an emergency medical tech for Thomas County has been identified as the victim in the weekend house fire.  She died after being taken to the hospital by fire fighters who found her unconscious inside the burning home. The cause of her death has not been released.

Authorities are reportedly holding a 24-year old man in connection with the death. Morris is survived by an 11-month old baby. The child and the suspect were located near Logan in Phillips County.  The suspect, from Garden City, is being held in the Thomas County jail.