KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A defendant in a 2012 murder of a 4-year-old in Kansas City, Missouri's Northeast neighborhood is now in custody.
Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker announced Saturday that Martin Olmedo is in custody in connection with the December 2012 murder of Aydan Perea.
Olmedo is in custody, after Federal Bureau of Investigation units in Kansas City, Texas and Mexico coordinated a pickup of Olmedo, after he was deported from Mexico.
Olmedo made an initial appearance Friday.
His bond hearing is set for Feb. 27. He is currently being held on a $500,000 cash bond.
Olmedo faces second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action charges.
According to court records, officers were called to the 2400 block of Denver Avenue and found four shooting victims in a vehicle.
One was Perea, who later died of his wound.
The next day officers located a vehicle registered to Olmedo, and officers discovered spent shell casings like those found at the crime scene the day before.
Olmedo told detectives he was in the car during the shooting the day before.
Witnesses also told police he was overheard saying he was involved in the shooting.
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