Nicole Fox, 41, Topeka, was arrested without incident in rural Allen County Monday evening in connection with the shooting death of a Topka man in Chanute last week.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday morning that Fox was arrested near the intersection of Iowa Road and 2600 Street in southern Allen County for suspicion of first-degree murder.
The arrest occurred at about 9 p.m. Fox was taken to Neosho County Jail.
Fox also faces additional charges from an unrelated incident in Chanute July 6.
Blake A. Pearson, 34, Topeka, was found early the morning of July 25 in an alley southeast of 17th and Highland Avenue in Chanute with a single gunshot wound. He was transported by EMS to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Assisting with the investigation were the Chanute Police Department, Neosho and Shawnee county sheriff’s departments, the Kansas Highway Patrol and the U.S. Marshal Service.
