Jackson County dismissed the burning of a vehicle charge in Kansas City to facilitate Yust's transfer to Cass County.

Kylr Yust moved to Cass County to await trial for the murders of Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions

Deputies have moved the man accused of murdering two Kansas City-area women and hiding their bodies in a rural field nearly 10 years apart to Cass County where he will await trial for their deaths.Jackson County dismissed its pending felony case against Kylr Yust of Knowingly Burning in connection with the 2016 burning of a vehicle connected to Jessica Runions. “The prosecutors in Jackson and Cass have agreed that we could best pursue justice by working together on this case,” said Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker. “My office will work with Cass County in a joint commitment to the pursuit of justice for the victims in this case.”On Thursday, Yust was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree and two counts of abandoning a corpse by the Cass County Prosecutor's Office.Yust was originally due to stand trial this month in charges that he set fire to the SUV owned by Jessica Runions after her disappearance. Cass County Prosecutor Ben Butler has requested that Yust be held on a $1 million bond. To read the charging documents, and for more history on this case, CLICK HERE. For breaking news on-the-go - download the latest version of the KMBC 9 News App.

Deputies have moved the man accused of murdering two Kansas City-area women and hiding their bodies in a rural field nearly 10 years apart to Cass County where he will await trial for their deaths.

Jackson County dismissed its pending felony case against Kylr Yust of Knowingly Burning in connection with the 2016 burning of a vehicle connected to Jessica Runions.


“The prosecutors in Jackson and Cass have agreed that we could best pursue justice by working together on this case,” said Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker. “My office will work with Cass County in a joint commitment to the pursuit of justice for the victims in this case.”

On Thursday, Yust was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree and two counts of abandoning a corpse by the Cass County Prosecutor's Office.

Yust was originally due to stand trial this month in charges that he set fire to the SUV owned by Jessica Runions after her disappearance.

Cass County Prosecutor Ben Butler has requested that Yust be held on a $1 million bond.

To read the charging documents, and for more history on this case, CLICK HERE.

For breaking news on-the-go - download the latest version of the KMBC 9 News App.