A Missouri man accused of keeping his ex-girlfriend locked in a crate, then killing her after she escaped and turned to police, was shot and killed by police Saturday.
James Barton Horn Jr. had been on the run since April, after he was charged with kidnapping an ex-girlfriend and repeatedly locking her in a wooden crate over the course of four months.
The woman, 46-year-old Sandra Kay Sutton, told police Horn kept her in the box when he left the house. A bucket filled with urine and feces was later found inside the box in a bedroom, according to multiple news outlets.
Sutton escaped April 30, calling police after running to a neighbor's home, but Horn was not found.
Thursday, Sutton and her 17-year-old son, Zachary Wade Sutton, were found shot to death in Clinton, Missouri, sparking a wide manhunt for Barton in the area.
A $5,000 reward for information on his whereabouts was issued Friday.
On Saturday, Henry County Sheriff Kent Oberkrom told the Associated Press Horn was killed in the J. N. Turkey Kearn Memoria Wildlife Area in Missouri, where officers found him hiding in the closet of a building.
Oberkrom said officers were led to the area after receiving a tip Saturday morning.
Horn was asked to surrender, but threatened officers with a weapon, Oberkrom told the Associated Press. Oberkrom did not say what type of weapon Horn was using.
He was shot and killed by officers.