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An alleged “reign of terror” that included killings in Alabama and Illinois ended with the arrests of a fugitive duo suspected in the slayings and other crimes, authorities said Saturday.
“They’re some of the most evil individuals I’ve seen in my entire career,” Lt. Brian Koberna of the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis said at a news conference announcing charges against the two suspects, reports theSt. Louis Post-Disptach.
Brady Kane Witcher, 41, and Brittany Nicole McMillan, 28, were arrested Thursday in the St. Louis suburb of Hazelwood on warrants charging them with the Dec. 13kidnapping and murder of 31-year-old Kellie Ann Hughes, who had been shot and dumped in a wooded area outside of Birmingham, Alabama.
At the time of their arrest the pair were in possession of a car registered to Shari Yates of Bethalto, Illinois.
Hazelwood police alerted their Bethalto counterparts, who made a check at the Yates address and once there, discovered the bodies of Yates, 59; her son Andrew Brooks, 30; and another man, John McMillian, 32.
Brady Kane Witcher.Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (2)
Brittany McMillan previously lived in Bethalto and the couple knew their alleged victims but were not related to them, say police. “This was not a random act,” Crystal Uhe, a prosecutor with the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office in Illinois, told reporters.
Bethalto police said it appeared the killings in their community were carried out so the alleged killers could steal Yates’ car to stay on the run.
Their alleged actions “can only be described as a complete reign of terror,” said Uhe.
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“I don’t know what I am going to do without him,” his mother,Teresa Ferguson, told KMOV. “I love him so much.”
It was not immediately clear if either of the suspects had attorneys who might speak on their behalf. Both were being held Saturday in St. Louis County jail awaiting extradition to Madison County.
source: people.com
