A man allegedly confessed to killing his girlfriend after walking into an Indiana police department Sunday evening, PEOPLE confirms.Connor Warren Scott, 24, entered the Danville Metropolitan Police Department to allegedly admit to killing his then-girlfriend Kaylyn Whitaker, 20, who died on Halloween 2014 in Martinsville, Illinois.At the time, police said she died under suspicious circumstances. The Illinois State Police originally called her death a suicide, but later ruled it a homicide 10 months after the incident.There were no arrests in the case for more than four years.“Colonel Jim Hilton interviewed Scott and obtained a taped confession regarding the murder,” police said in a statement. “Investigators with the Illinois State Police also came to Danville to meet with Scott.”Connor Scott.Danville Metropolitan Police DepartmentWhitaker was shot in the head and found at Scott’s home, according toMyWabashValley.com, which spoke to Whitaker’s mother Leslie Roberts in December 2018.“We deserve closure, we deserve peace,” Roberts said. “This is a homicide case, it has been since 2015 and nothings being done about it and I am angry, very angry.”An arrest warrant was issued Monday and first-degree murder charges are pending, according to the Illinois State Police.• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.Scott, who had been living in Danville for nearly six months after moving from Noblesville, was taken to the Hendricks County Jail and is expected to be extradited to Illinois.It was not immediately clear if Scott has retained an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
A man allegedly confessed to killing his girlfriend after walking into an Indiana police department Sunday evening, PEOPLE confirms.
Connor Warren Scott, 24, entered the Danville Metropolitan Police Department to allegedly admit to killing his then-girlfriend Kaylyn Whitaker, 20, who died on Halloween 2014 in Martinsville, Illinois.
At the time, police said she died under suspicious circumstances. The Illinois State Police originally called her death a suicide, but later ruled it a homicide 10 months after the incident.
There were no arrests in the case for more than four years.
“Colonel Jim Hilton interviewed Scott and obtained a taped confession regarding the murder,” police said in a statement. “Investigators with the Illinois State Police also came to Danville to meet with Scott.”
Connor Scott.Danville Metropolitan Police Department
Whitaker was shot in the head and found at Scott’s home, according toMyWabashValley.com, which spoke to Whitaker’s mother Leslie Roberts in December 2018.
“We deserve closure, we deserve peace,” Roberts said. “This is a homicide case, it has been since 2015 and nothings being done about it and I am angry, very angry.”
An arrest warrant was issued Monday and first-degree murder charges are pending, according to the Illinois State Police.
• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.
Scott, who had been living in Danville for nearly six months after moving from Noblesville, was taken to the Hendricks County Jail and is expected to be extradited to Illinois.
It was not immediately clear if Scott has retained an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
source: people.com
