The stepmother of Lucas Hernandez, the Kansas boy found dead after going missing in Wichita in February, has herself been found dead in a apparent suicide, police say.

Police say the body of Emily Glass was found inside a Wichita home early Friday morning after a man called authorities to report a woman had been found shot.

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Lucas, 5, disappeared in February from his home in the 600 block of S Edgemoor. At the time, Glass told police that Lucas was missing when she woke up from a nap.

On May 24th, Glass led private a investigator to Lucas’ body in a ditch in southeast Harvey County, KS.

It’s believed Glass took her own life at a home located near Kellogg Drive and Edgemoor Street. source

Glass had been initially held on a charge of interference with law enforcement and obstruction but was released from the Sedgwick County Jail without charges.