After being arrested in February in Arizona, a 57-year-old man charged with murdering a woman in an Oleis hotel room on Saturday has been incarcerated at the Johnson County Jail.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, Franklin Bluelake is being held on a $1 million bond after Johnson County prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder on Feb. 2. He is accused of murdering Gardner Rhoda Morgan, 53, on the 29th.

Bluelake has been in police custody for the past month after being arrested in Coconino County, about 150 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona.

A federal arrest warrant was issued in February following the incident. US Marshals Service Bluelake fled to escape murder charges in Johnson County. He was suspected of hiding on tribal land in Arizona.

On January 29, Olathe police officers were dispatched to the Econo Lodge at 20662 W. 151st Street to check the health of guests who had not checked out by late morning. Responding officers found Morgan dead inside his hotel room, prompting an investigation into the death.

January 31, Oleise Police Station After close cooperation between investigators and the Johnson County Coroner’s Office, it said the case was being investigated as a homicide.

In an affidavit seeking federal criminal charges against Blue Lake, detectives from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and members of the U.S. Marshals Service task force said an autopsy found Morgan “murdered and with a broken neck.” Investigators led him to Blue Lake as a suspect based on surveillance videos from the area, interviews with Morgan’s relatives, and “other investigative techniques,” according to court documents. He was taken.

Blue Lake was released from federal prison in 2018 after serving eight of a ten-year sentence for beating a fellow member of the Navajo tribe with whom he had a previous romantic relationship. I got

In 2009, he was accused of sexually assaulting her and threatening to kill her because her brother “sent” him to prison, according to court documents.