Charges filed in homicide on Silver Court

Cooper Allan Beck
Billy Joe Blood

Charges have been filed and two Kansas City, Kansas, residents are in custody in a homicide case from Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the 2200 block of Silver Court.

Lolester Michell, Kansas City, Kansas, was found dead inside the residence last Tuesday, according to a police spokesman.

Cooper Allan Beck, 22, has been charged with second-degree murder, conspiracy interference with a law enforcement officer, threat of force or violence, obstructing or resisting in a felony case and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon, according to a spokesman for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. Beck is being held in the Wyandotte County Jail on a bond of $250,000.

Billy Joe Blood, 38, was charged with conspiracy interference with a law enforcement officer, obstructing or resisting in a felony case, intimidation of a witness or victim, preventing the reporting of a crime and obstructing apprehension or prosecution of an individual who has committed or is charged with a felony, the spokesman stated. She is being held in the Wyandotte County jail on a bond of $50,000.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.