Man Convicted in Death of Woman Whose Body Was Found in Duffel Bag Along Rural Road

Man Convicted in Death of Woman Whose Body Was Found in Duffel Bag Along Rural Road
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo.—A man has been found guilty in the death of a woman whose remains were found inside a duffel bag along a rural northwest Missouri road almost two weeks after she was killed at a Kansas City hotel.

Marcus Brooks was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Ariel Starcher, a mother of two from Independence, The St. Joseph News-Press reports.