Both women were found on the side of rural Missouri roads.
KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) -- An unemployed Kansas City-area man has been charged with killing two prostitutes whose bodies were found posed on the side of rural Missouri roads nearly a year apart.
Authorities announced Saturday that 27-year-old Derek Richardson faces two counts of first-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse. His bail is set at $2 million. It isn't immediately known whether he has an attorney.
Police announced earlier this month that the deaths of Tamara Sparks and Nicoleone Reed were linked and asked the public for help.
Acting on a tip, police took Richardson into custody Saturday. Court documents say Richardson confessed to the killings.
Sparks was found dead in October 2011, on the far northeast side of Kansas City. Reed was found Aug. 21 in rural Kearney, northeast of Kansas City.
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