Three people have been arrested on drug charges as police investigate the murder of a woman whose body was found in a shipping container in northern Vermont, according to court documents.
Woman’s body found in a container on a river in Vermont
Vermont State Police announced Wednesday that Kayla Wright, 29, of Derby, died from a gunshot wound to the head. Her body was found Tuesday in a Typhoon toolbox in the back of a truck on a sandbar in the Missisquoi River in Troy, according to an affidavit by a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations.
Three people have been arrested on drug charges during the investigation into the murder of a Vermont woman whose body was found earlier this week.
Brianna Rooney and Thomas Rooney, both of Troy, and another man, Jakey Tramaine Corey Keith, also known as AB, are charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine base. They made their first appearance Thursday in federal court in Burlington. Their attorney did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
According to the affidavit, law enforcement agencies have periodically searched the couple’s property as part of a drug conspiracy investigation. Wright recently became the focus of a missing persons investigation, investigators wrote. No one has been charged in her murder.
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Vermont has grappled with a spike in gun violence in recent years.
