Published 08:20 p.m., Friday, May 13, 2011
KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) — A south-central Kansas law enforcement officer is charged with first-degree murder and arson in the death of his wife.
Thirty-four-year-old Vashti Seacat was found in her burned-out Kingman home following a suspicious fire April 30. Thirty-five-year-old Brett Seacat was charged Friday by the attorney general and held in the Kingman County Jail. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer.
The charges allege Seacat killed his wife and put their two young sons in danger in setting the fire. The Hutchinson News reports authorities aren't commenting further while the investigation continues.
Seacat is a police instructor at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center and a former Sedgwick County sheriff's deputy.
Vashti Seacat had filed for divorce about two weeks before the fire.
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