Joshua Perry, 34, has been charged with first-degree murder in the January death of Victoria Skarda, 33. Skarda and Perry shared a child and lived together in the home where Skarda was found dead on Jan. 6, according to a Tuesday press release from Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmerman Smith.
“On Jan. 6, 2025, Perry called 911 to report that a girl was passed out and cold inside his residence,” the release states, adding the victim was identified as Skarda.
Skarda’s cause of death, the release states, was cardiorespiratory arrest in the setting of a recent physical assault — allegedly inflicted by Perry on the morning of Jan. 6. Previously classified as “suspicious,” Skarda’s death has now been ruled a homicide…