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(KNZA)--An Elwood, Kansas woman is facing new charges in the stabbing death of a St. Joseph man in April.
The St. Joseph News Press reports 43-year-old Kelli Hoard Reeves appeared in a Buchanan County courtroom Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and abandonment of a corpse.
Buchanan County Prosecutor Dwight Scroggins filed the new criminal complaint Friday.
Hoard-Reeves had originally been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 28-year-old Richard Berry.
Berry’s body was found in the Third Fork of the Platte River near Easton, Missouri April 25th. Authorities believe he was taken to the remote location in a robbery attempt. Berry was stabbed multiple times and then dumped in the river.
Two others are also charged in the case.
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