Suspect arrested after uncle stabbed to death near Derby
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-old man is a suspect in the stabbing death of his uncle near Derby. Sedgwick County authorities say Douglass Ray Ryan McGathy was arrested early Tuesday on a possible charge of second-degree murder. Sheriff Jeff Easter says McGathy’s uncle, 48-year-old Kelly Joe Ralph was killed in an apparent fight over a gun sale. The two men lived in a home in a rural part of Sedgwick County near Derby. Deputies found Ralph lying in the driveway suffering from several stab wounds on Monday night. He died later at a hospital. McGathy is being held on $250,000 bond.