Man charged in Salina double homicide

SALINA, Kan. (KSNW) — A 35-year-old man who police allege killed two women in Salina Sunday has been charged in connection to their deaths.

Preston James Reyna is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery, aggravated kidnapping, interference with a law enforcement officer, battery against a law enforcement officer, two counts of domestic battery, and two counts of criminal damage to property.

Police have not said what his relationship is with the two victims, 84-year-old Martha Velasquez Reyna and 64-year-old Rosalinda Reyna. Salina Police say the two women died from blunt force trauma.

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Officers were called to a home on Vassar Drive between West Crawford and South Broadway around 5:30 p.m. Sunday on the report of a domestic disturbance. When they arrived, they found the bodies of the women in the driveway.

Reyna was arrested a few blocks away. Police have not released a suspected motive for the crime…

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