Iola murder suspect located in Tulsa
A suspect wanted in connection with two murders in southeast Kansas was found in Tulsa. Read the full press release below:
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), and the Iola Police Department, announced that Ben Converse, the person of interest connected to the murders of Molly Wilson and John Tadlock of Iola, Kan., was located in Tulsa, Okla. this evening.
The KBI, the Tulsa Police Department, and the Broken Arrow Police Department located Converse at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Friday evening. Once located, he fled law enforcement on foot. As law enforcement officers approached him near 66th Street and Mingo in Tulsa, he turned toward them and shot himself with a handgun.
Converse was transported to a Tulsa hospital, where he is currently being treated for a life-threatening, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The investigation is ongoing. Nothing further will be released at this time.