Kylr Yust, suspected in the disappearances of Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions, pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of abandoning a corpse at the Cass County Justice Center on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, in Harrisonville, Mo. The two women's remains were found in April in a wooded area south of Belton in rural Cass County. (Keith Myers/The Kansas City Star via AP)
October 10, 2017 - 6:00 PM
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. - A 29-year-old Missouri man who is charged in the deaths of two women who disappeared nearly a decade apart has pleaded not guilty.
Kylr Yust of Kansas City entered the plea Tuesday. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of abandoning a corpse in the deaths of 21-year-old Jessica Runions, of Raymore, and 17-year-old Kara Kopetsky, of Belton.
Runions disappeared in September 2016 after leaving a party with Yust. Kopetsky disappeared in May 2007, days after taking out an order of protection against Yust.
The two women's remains were found in April in a wooded area south of Belton in rural Cass County.
Yust is being held in Cass County on $1 million bond. His next hearing date is set for Dec. 28.
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