Who is Ocastor Ferguson? According to the sheriff, the married man dated the now-deceased Kayla Kelly under an assumed name.

McKinney, Texas. The search for missing Kayla Kelly of McKinney, Texas ended tragically on Wednesday after her body was discovered in Grande Prairie.

The body of a 33-year-old woman, identified by a Tarrant County medical examiner, was found in a shallow grave less than a mile from the home of the man accused of kidnapping her.

Ocastor Ferguson, 32, remains in the Collin County Jail on charges of kidnapping and arson. The Collin County Sheriff’s Office is working with the district attorney to determine further charges against Ferguson.

“We believe the person responsible for her death is in custody,” Sheriff Jim Skinner told WFAA, referring to Ferguson.

Ferguson’s arrest statement for kidnapping revealed that the investigation revealed his relationship with Kelly, who has been missing since January 11, 2023.

According to the affidavit, Ferguson, who was married, had been dating Kelly since the summer of 2022 after dating online. He said he used an assumed name, Kevin, while they were dating, according to an affidavit.

Speaking to investigators, Ferguson said that he and Kelly would travel to her home and other places to meet, but never to his home in Grande Prairie, according to the sworn statement.

According to the affidavit, Kelly recently found out Ferguson’s real name and found out he was married. Kelly told friends that “she was going to blackmail Kevin,” the affidavit says.

Investigators looked through Ferguson’s phone and found text conversations between him and Kelly, the affidavit says. According to the affidavit, Kelly told Ferguson that she would tell his wife about their affair if he didn’t answer her.

Prior to Ferguson’s arrest, investigators searched his home and spoke to his wife, according to the affidavit. The affidavit stated that Ferguson’s wife told investigators that on January 4, she received a text message from an unidentified person saying that the man needed to talk to her. Ferguson’s wife said she did not respond to the message.

The affidavit stated that the wife’s phone was broken during the interrogation, which meant that they could not get the phone number from which the message was sent to her.

After Kelly was first reported missing, an affidavit stated that on January 12, Frisco police reported to the Collin County Sheriff’s Office that the 33-year-old man’s car had been found on a deserted county road.

According to the affidavit, the car “burnt beyond recognition and the incident was not consistent with a natural fire.”

After obtaining records of Kelly’s telephone conversations, investigators discovered conversations between her and Ferguson. The affidavit stated that investigators had checked Ferguson’s background and found that his wife had reported their car as stolen.

According to the affidavit, Ferguson’s car was near Kelly’s residence in Collin County. Investigators found gloves, duct tape and a blanket inside the car, the statement said.

Investigators interviewed Ferguson at his workplace on Jan. 13, where he said he knew Kelly and that he last saw her on Jan. 10, when she gave him a ride to work around noon, according to the sworn statement.

Ferguson told investigators that Kelly was supposed to bring him lunch at 6:00 pm on January 10, but she didn’t show up, the affidavit says.

According to the affidavit, Ferguson said his car was near Kelly’s house “because he hid it from his wife.”

The affidavit stated that the phone records detailed the events of 10 January. Records showed that Ferguson was at work on January 10, but left and retired to his home in Grande Prairie. He then drove down the northern Dallas toll road, headed to the area near Kelly’s home, and then headed to the area where Kelly’s burnt car was found. He then returned to his home in Grande Prairie, according to the affidavit.

Investigators spoke to Ferguson again, where he denied being in the area where Kelly’s car was found and claimed to have no knowledge of what happened, according to an affidavit.

The affidavit stated that Ferguson said that during this period of time he was driving and Kelly was in the back seat. But he said he didn’t know what happened to her.

The affidavit stated that investigators had concluded that there was sufficient evidence to arrest Ferguson on charges of kidnapping.

“There is reason to believe that Okastor Ferguson then and there deliberately and knowingly kidnapped Kayla Kelly,” the affidavit reads.

He was jailed and has a $1 million bail, the sheriff’s office said on Sunday, Jan. 15.

Then on Wednesday, the Collin County Sheriff’s Office said a new charge of arson had been added to Ferguson’s case. But further details about why he was charged with this were not made public.

The arson charge came from the Frisco Police Department.