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Dodge City police investigating woman’s death UPDATE

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say the death of a 30-year-old woman is being investigated as a homicide.

Dodge City police and the Ford County Sheriff’s Department were called to a Dodge City home Monday afternoon on a report of an injured person. Officers say they found 30-year-old Natasha Pruitt dead at the home.

Dodge City Chief of Police Craig Mellecker says the department is investigating the death as a homicide.

Police have not said how Pruitt died or released any other information about the case.

Reno County Sheriff Randy Henderson said in a news release that a 26-year-old Dodge City man was arrested Monday evening on unrelated charges near Hutchinson after a police chase ended when the suspect pulled over and surrendered.

 

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