Salina Post
SALINA — The cause of the death of a man whose body was found dumped along the side of the road in north Salina in late January has been ruled a fentanyl overdose and people sought in the case have been arrested, the Salina Police Department reported this afternoon.
At 1:05 a.m. Jan. 28, the dispatch center received a call from a citizen who reported a body in the 1900 block of North Fifth. In a news release issued Jan. 30, police identified the body as that of 20-year-old Brendon Thomas Wade Reed, formerly of Hays.
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Thursday afternoon, the Salina Police Department issued the following information related to the case.
An autopsy was conducted on January 29, 2023, and no signs of fatal trauma were located during the examination. The autopsy and toxicology findings have been received for Mr. Reed. Mr. Reed’s cause of death is listed as a fentanyl overdose. Salina Police Detectives continued to investigate.
On March 28, 2023, warrants were issued for Jack Allen Kelley and Garret Clayton Crutchfield, Salina residents, for criminal desecration of a body and interference with law enforcement.
On March 29, Jack Allen Kelley, a Salina resident, was booked into the Saline County jail for one count of criminal desecration of a body and one count of interference with law enforcement.
Crutchfield turned himself in early Thursday evening, police said.