Wichita man charged with killing wife, dumping her body
The man accused of killing his wife and dumping her body behind a Wichita business has been charged with first-degree murder.
Donnell Stafford, 30, appeared in Sedgwick County court by video on Friday. Police allege he killed 37-year-old Leuh Moore early Sunday morning and placed her body in a dumpster behind a liquor store less than a mile south of their home near Kellogg and Seneca.
Stafford was captured at a hotel in Davenport, Iowa Tuesday morning and extradited to Wichita on Thursday. His bond was set at $650,000.
Investigators believe Leuh Moore's 7-year-old son was home at the time of the alleged crime. The suspect then took the boy to a relative's house, where he was found safe on Monday.
Stafford was also charged with two counts of animal cruelty for allegedly stabbing two dogs, which were taken to an emergency vet for treatment.
Stafford's next court appearance was scheduled for April 26.
2018 homicides in Wichita:
- 13: Wichita man accused of killing 6-month-old son
- 12: Leuh Moore
- 11: Police identify man killed in southeast Wichita shooting
- 10: 15-year-old boy arrested for deadly Wichita shooting
- 9: Police identify man killed in shooting at north Wichita bar
- 8: Man dies after shooting in Wichita grocery store parking lot
- 7: Man killed in shooting outside Wichita convenience store
- 6: Man killed in southeast Wichita shooting
- 5: Police arrest second suspect in deadly Wichita shooting
- 4: Wichita police identify 18-year-old killed in drive-by shooting
- 3: Woman killed in shooting near Riverside
- 1 & 2: Police: 18-year-old shoots, kills 2 men trying to enter Wichita home