LAKE CHARLES, LA. (THECOUNT) — Fort Polk soldier, Logan Kyle, is suspected of killing his wife on base, officials said. The name of the victim has not yet been released.
Kyle, 22, and a female driver, were arrested during a Sunday, N. Franklin Street, Lake Charles, traffic stop, after a woman’s body was discovered in the trunk of the vehicle.
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The driver of the suspect vehicle was later identified as Kyle’s mistress, Sarah Parker, 24, of Lake Charles (pictured.)
Parker was arrested for obstruction of justice and failure to report a homicide. Her two children – ages 1 and 2 – were in the vehicle with the couple at the time of their arrest.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said deputies stopped the car on N. Franklin Street in Lake Charles around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, after receiving a call from Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office officials that a woman was driving around with a body in the trunk.
“We believe killed his wife, put her in trunk of car, met up with Miss Parker and drove around several locations, through our investigation, some in Calcasieu Parish, some in other parishes to try to dump the body,” Mancuso said. “We were able to locate them before they conducted that particular act.” source
The children were taken into state custody by the Department of Children and Family Services.
Both Kyle and Parker have confessed, officials said.
Kyle will be investigated by the US Army Criminal Investigation Command. His photo was not provided.
Fort Polk South is a census-designated place in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 11,000 at the 2000 census, according to Wikipedia.