Arrest made after more than two decades in KCK homicide case

An arrest has been made in the 1989 homicide of Sarah DeLeon, an 18-year-old who was found stabbed to death in Kansas City, Kan., police said today.

A woman was arrested for the 1989 homicide of DeLeon at about 3 p.m. Oct. 19, police said.

She was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service in Clay County, Mo., and is being held on a $1 million bond, according to a Kansas City, Kan., police spokesman.

DeLeon’s body was found Dec. 29, 1989, along railroad tracks near I-435 and Wolcott Drive in the western part of Kansas City, Kan., police said.

Her car was discovered the night before under I-70 on 78th Street in Kansas City, Kan., according to police.

About two years ago, Kansas City, Kan., police announced they had reopened the case. New forensics technology allowed them to do more testing of evidence, they stated at the time.

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