TROY, Vt. (WCAX) – Three people arrested in connection with a homicide investigation in the Northeast Kingdom will remain in federal custody.
The case stems from the killing of Kayla Wright. The 29-year-old Derby woman was reported missing on Feb. 2, and a few days later, her body was found in a toolbox in the Missisquoi River.
Court paperwork indicates Wright was involved with drugs, and had contact with Bryanna and Thomas Rooney, as well as Jakiy Tramaine Corey Keith. The Rooneys and Keith were arrested on federal drug charges following a raid on a home in Troy that Wright was known to visit.
It’s still not clear who killed Wright, but a judge ruled on Tuesday that the Rooneys and Keith will remain in federal custody while the case plays out.
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