10:00 p.m. The suspect in Sunday’s death of a woman  in Derby is in custody. Charles Beck was reportedly captured in Missouri late Sunday.  Few additional details about the arrest are available. Beck had connections to Russell and had served five years in prison for what he’d done there. Stay tuned to Eagle Radio and Check Hays Post for more as it becomes available.

 

4:30 p.m.   Authorities are investigating the death of a Derby woman and a knife attack on her teenage son.

Police Chief Robert Lee says Charles Alfred Beck is a suspect in the attack on the teen and a person of interest in the mother’s death. No charges have been filed.

Another child in the home called 911 around 10 a.m. Sunday to report a disturbance.

The mother and son were rushed to a hospital, where the mother was pronounced dead and the teen was being treated for serious neck wounds. Lee didn’t release their names. He says an autopsy will be performed Tuesday to determine how the mother died.

Beck was living with the family. Lee says he should be considered armed and dangerous. He was last driving a white Dodge Caravan.

 

12::00 p.m.   Law enforcement officials across Kansas continue to search Sunday for a suspect wanted in a weekend murder in Derby.

According to police, the suspect, Charles Alfred Beck may be driving a 2001 White Dodge Caravan with a Kansas 866 FAX plate. The suspect is 6’1″ tall and weighs 240 pounds. He was last  seen on Saturday wearing red shorts and no shirt.

The Kansas Department of Corrections says Beck served time for battery, violation of a protection order from abuse, and drug charges in Russell County.

He had been on parole for 2 years.  His parole  ended on August 28.