Fourth person arrested, charged in July drug killing at south Wichita home: police
Wichita police say they’ve arrested a fourth person in connection with a drug-related killing that occurred in early July in the 800 block of South San Pablo.
Lawrence D. Bailey was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail at 12:42 p.m. Thursday and charged with first-degree felony murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery and criminal possession of a firearm in the slaying of 47-year-old Roy Hayden of Wichita, according to a police news release and booking records. Bailey was also booked and charged with aggravated burglary, aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of kidnapping in a separate investigation involving a June 29 home invasion, court and police records show.
Bailey made his first appearance in court on the charges Friday afternoon, according to court records. His next court date, a preliminary hearing, is set for Nov. 5. His defense attorney did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
Hayden’s death was reported to law enforcement around 5 p.m. on July 2, the day after he was brutally beaten in the head with a hammer and crowbar, punched, shot in the knee and choked at a home in the 800 block of South San Pablo.
An arrest affidavit released in the case says Hayden begged to be allowed to live during the assault, which may have lasted eight hours.
One witness told police she “did not know why this man had to die” and that others involved in the killing said Hayden “shouldn’t have moved” off of a couch where he was told to sit after arriving at the address with a half gallon of vodka, the affidavit says.
Four days after the homicide was reported, authorities found Hayden’s body inside the trunk of an abandoned Volvo in the 1500 block of North Broadway. He had garbage bags over his head and was bound, the affidavit says.
An autopsy determined his cause of death to be asphyxiation, the affidavit says.
“The case has been presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office, and no outstanding suspects remain,” police said in Friday’s news release.
Arrested previously in the case are 35-year-old Matthew Small of Wichita, 20-year-old Ariana Cook of Wichita and 19-year-old Carlos Delgado of Wichita. All are facing criminal charges.
Bailey was being held in lieu of bonds totaling $375,000, according to online booking records.
This story was originally published October 23, 2020 at 10:21 AM.
