MCPHERSON, Kan. – Authorities have made an arrest in a death of man whose body was found along a McPherson County road earlier this month.
31-year-old Clinton W. Bascue of McPherson has been formally charged with two alternate counts of first degree murder in connection with the death of 39-year-old James Amery Croft. Croft was found dead in a car in a ditch north of Galva back on November 15. Sheriff officials had earlier indicated that he was originally from Portland, OR.
According to the criminal complaint filed by County Attorney David Page, the first count alleges that Bascue killed Croft in the commission of another felony, that being aggravated assault. The alternate count alleges the intentional killing of Croft.
The complaint was filed Monday in McPherson County District Court. Page didn’t indicate any court date for Bascue at this point.
The case was investigated by the McPherson County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.