BARTON COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating the death of a missing Great Bend girl and have made an arrest.
Just 8:30p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a call of a missing 14-year-old girl, according to a media release from Great Bend Police. The girl was last reported to have been attending a class at Holy Family School located at 4200 Broadway Avenue in Great Bend.
Great Bend Police Officers fielded multiple calls regarding potential locations and areas where the missing girl could possibly be located, but she was not found.
Just after 9a.m. Thursday, Great Bend Police Officers responded to the 4700 block of 17th Street Terrace in Great Bend where the body of a girl was located behind a large dirt pile. She was determined to be deceased and has been positively identified.
Her identity is being withheld currently to allow for notification of family members. Investigators and Officers processed the crime scene, conducted numerous interviews, and executed multiple search warrants.
A 14-year-old boy was arrested and transported to the Barton County Detention Center on requested charges of 1st Degree Murder.
The Great Bend Police Department was assisted in this investigation by the Barton County Sheriff's Office, The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, and the Great Bend Fire Department.