FACING MURDER CHARGE Suspect In Slaying Of Former UK Player Returning To Ohio
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Sep. 7, 2012 5:39 PM EDT
Updated: Sep. 12, 2012 10:00 AM EDT
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Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
A suspect in the slaying of a former University of Kentucky basketball player is returning to Ohio to face charges.
Police arrested 36-year-old Richard Willis of Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 7 in Huntington on a fugitive from justice warrant.
Media outlets say Willis waived extradition to Ohio on Tuesday during a hearing in Cabell County Circuit Court.
Columbus police filed an aggravated murder charge warrant against Willis in August 2011.
Authorities say Desmond Allen was fatally shot in July 2011 outside an apartment complex in Columbus. Allison played for the Wildcats from 1998 to 2000.
Huntington police have arrested a murder suspect wanted in connection with the slaying of a former University of Kentucky basketball player.
Police arrested Richard Willis about noon Friday. He was being sought in connection with the July 2011 slaying of former UK player Desmond Allison, 31.
Officers made the arrest after acting on a tip from a suspect in Thursday’s drug and prostitution sweep.
Two other people in the apartment on Northcott Court where Willis was staying were charged with harboring a fugitive, police said.
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