According to state police, two males were taken into custody on Wednesday in relation to the February murder of a lady from Vermont, whose body was discovered in a container on a sandbar in the Missisquoi River in the state’s north.
According to Vermont State Police, Aaron Camp, 34, of Derby, is accused of being an accessory after the fact to murder in the death of Derby resident Kayla Wright, as well as of unlawfully burying or removing a body.
According to authorities, Waterbury resident Terron “Josh” Pendleton, 34, is charged with one count of accessory after the fact to murder.
Jakiy Tramaine Corey Keith, 24, of Hartford, Connecticut, was also issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday by a judge on counts of first-degree murder and unlawful burial or removal of a body, according to state police. It is unknown when he will be arraigned, according to police, and he is being held on federal narcotics accusations.
In court on Wednesday, Camp and Pendleton both cited the 24-hour rule, postponing their arraignments until Thursday, the court reported. It was unknown if Keith or they had legal representation. The office of the public defender received a communication.
According to authorities, Wright, 29, of Derby, passed away from a head wound from a gunshot. In Troy’s Missisquoi River, her body was discovered in a truck-bed-style toolbox on a sandbar, according per the affidavit of a special agent of Homeland Security Investigations.
According to state police, after a fight involving drug trafficking early on February 2, Keith shot Wright three times inside a Troy residence, CBS station WCAX-TV said. According to the authorities, Camp and Pendleton assisted Keith in disposing of Wright’s body and cleaning up the crime scene.
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Following the discovery of Wright’s body in February, Samantha Perkins, Wright’s sister.
“She was just… my person, my best friend. I love her and miss her,” Perkins stated. “I think we all kind of knew she was gone before she was actually found. The days going on and the days going on, and time is going on and I’m going to have a baby soon, too. Just her not being there and being a part of it kills me.”
In one of Perkins’ final Facebook exchanges with Wright, the latter’s sister apologized to the family for her addiction.
“She was always trying to be better and stay away from it for the most part. It’s just too bad that she wasn’t able to leave,” Perkins stated. “She was going to be gone for a 90-day program. She was going to try to get into a sober living somewhere and I think that was her last go for it.”
