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Eric Phillips Arrested in Elayjah Murray Murder | Kansas City News
Eric Phillips, the elusive suspect in the brutal murder of college nursing student Elayjah Murray, has been arrested in Kansas City after a months-long manhunt. Charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and abandoning a corpse, Phillips was finally taken into custody by U.S. Marshals early Monday morning. Elayjah, home for Thanksgiving, vanished and was found dead a day later — cell data linked Phillips to the scene. Her tragic death, just weeks before graduation, has galvanized the community. With charges unsealed to aid the search, Phillips was located at a residence in…
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