20-year-old Kyla Hayton who was 5-month-pregnant at the time she went missing has been found dead.
Hayton and her boyfriend, Todd Burkhart, 28, was reported missing were reported missing on November 18, 2019 after they both left for Dayton and was expected to return to Columbus on the 17 of November.
Todd Burkhart’s body was found inside an abandoned house Friday, November 22. He died of gunshot wounds, according to autopsy results.
A second body found in Dayton has been identified as that of a missing Mansfield woman, Kyla Hayton, police Capt. Shari Robertson said Monday.
Robertson said she did not know the circumstances related to Hayton’s body being found.
“Obviously, that’s not the outcome we had hoped for,” she said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with both families.”
Dayton police have identified Larry Rodgers, 30, as a person of interest in both homicides. He is being held in the Montgomery County jail on weapons charges. Rodgers and Burkhart were acquaintances, police said.