After a two-month manhunt, including two high-profile raids in the Iola area, Brian Shields, 26, is in custody. He is accused of murdering a Chanute woman, Cristy Wiles, whose body was found in a burned Chanute house in February.
Shields was apprehended near St. Joseph, Mo., after he sped away from an attempted traffic stop in Leavenworth. He swerved to miss spike strips put down near St. Joseph and his SUV rolled, resulting in him being ejected and injured.
Shields is listed as being in critical condition in a St. Joseph hospital. A female passenger, wearing a seatbelt, also was seriously injured.
A second suspect in Wiles’ murder, Michelle Voorhees, 21, was arrested in February.
Shields arrested
