Hutch Post

HUTCHINSON. — A suspect in a Ford County murder made a court appearance in Reno County on Wednesday.

Victor Gutierrez, 26, entered guilty pleas to criminal possession of a firearm and felony flee and elude.

Gutierrez was arrested on U.S. 50 east of Hutchinson in September after a high-speed chase.

Authorities believed he was involved with the murder of 30-year-old Natasha Pruitt. She was found dead of a gunshot wound at her Dodge City residence.

In addition to the murder charge, Gutierrez is also charged with aggravated endangerment of a child, criminal possession of a firearm by a felon and defacing identification marks of a firearm.

A charge of possession of cocaine against him was dismissed.