Woman, 19, arrested after body found outside of Clearwater; police looking for 2nd suspect

Wichita police have arrested a woman in connection with a body that was found Friday afternoon about five miles southwest of Clearwater in rural Sumner County.

The Sedgwick County Jail’s online arrest logs show 19-year-old Tehya Kay Turner of Wichita was booked early Sunday morning into the jail on suspicion of first-degree murder, burglary and possession of marijuana.

Police are still looking for 31-year-old Saul Chavez-Valenciana in connection with the body.

Police believe the body is 41-year-old Brent Boone. He was last seen around 9:30 p.m. Nov. 24 leaving his home in the 1300 block of N. Pershing, which is near 13th and Oliver.

Boone left in a vehicle with Valenciana and Turner, Wichita police spokesperson Chad Ditch said in a Friday news release.

“It is believed that an altercation occurred inside the car, during which Boone was killed,” Ditch said.

A 69-year-old man told police Tuesday about Boone being missing “under unusual circumstances,” he said. On Wednesday, Wichita police investigating the case were led to a “crime scene in the 9300 block of S. Pattie in Haysville, where they began processing evidence,” he said.

The vehicle was found abandoned Thursday near 21st and Ridge.

“Further investigation led officers to a rural area Southwest of Clearwater, one mile west of N Clearwater Rd and 140th Ave N, where a body was located,” Ditch said, adding the body was found around 1 p.m. Friday. “The investigation is still in the early stages, but at this time, it is not believed to be a random incident, and it is believed that the victim and suspects are known to each other.”

Boone’s body was found more than 25 miles from his home.

Anyone with information about Valenciana can call 911. Or, callers can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111.

Valenciana was sentenced to a year of probation in 2018 on cases of domestic battery, criminal threat and criminal restraint in Sedgwick County, Kansas Department of Corrections records show. He also was arrested on December 2021 on suspicion of aggravated robbery, though court records don’t show any charges in that case.

Turner was arrested three times this year on allegations that include criminal use of a gun by someone addicted to or using drugs, and fleeing and eluding and drug possession/distribution, records show. She hasn’t been charged in any of the cases, according to court records.