Body of Texas woman found near home of man she dated

Authorities said the body of a woman who went missing after she threatened to tell the wife of a man she was dating that he was having an affair was found buried in a field near his home in the Dallas area.

The body found on Wednesday evening in Grande Prairie belongs to Kayla Kelly, 33, the Collin County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said the cause of death was being determined. She reportedly went missing last week.

Ocastor Ferguson, 32, was arrested Saturday on charges of kidnapping Kelly, according to the sheriff’s office. Her burned car was found in a remote area of ​​Frisco, a suburb of Dallas, on January 12, the day after she went missing. According to the detention statement, her aunt and colleagues stated that they had not heard from her for several days.

Ferguson remained in jail Thursday, where he was also held on arson charges, according to records. His lawyer was not listed in the prison records.

Following the identification of Kelly’s body, the sheriff’s office said it was working with the district attorney’s office to determine what additional charges would be brought against Ferguson.

Ferguson told investigators he met Kelly online and they began dating over the summer, the affidavit says. He said that he used an assumed name with her, but that she would recognize his real name and that he was married.

According to the affidavit, in conversations discovered by investigators over Ferguson’s phone between him and Kelly, she told him that she would tell his wife about the affair if he did not answer her.

Investigators also found that the car reported by Ferguson’s wife was stolen near Kelly’s home in Collin County, north of Dallas, with gloves, duct tape and a blanket inside, the affidavit says.