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Kylr Yust, man accused of burning missing woman's car, has history of abuse in prior relationships

Posted at 9:44 PM, Sep 16, 2016
and last updated 2020-01-03 07:42:38-05

As the search for Jessica Runions continues 41 Action News uncovered new accusations against the man at who burned her car.

Police arrested Kylr Yust, 28, inside a Edwards, Missouri trailer Sunday morning.

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While the owners does even know how Yust got inside, they gave 41 Action News exclusive access.

It's in a child's bedroom Yust slept. His snacks, water, pills, ashtray and a baseball bat were all left behind.

When detectives arrested Yust, they swabbed his hands and took DNA from his fingernails.

On Monday, investigators collected additional evidence including photographs, a red and black shirt and ammunition for a nine millimeter handgun.

Yust is notorious to law enforcement.

In a 2011 Kansas City Police Department report, a former girlfriend told police she suffered abuse at his hands.

In one instance, she told officers, "Yust held her down and choked her one night until she threw up all over herself."

She also said Yust told her he had a family who owned pigs that, "would eat anything including bones and had seen people dropped in barrels of acid to destroy evidence."

Police arrested him for killing one of her kittens and tossing the others in a creek.

His ex-girlfriend said he made a chilling statement: "I've killed people before even ex-girlfriends out of sheer jealousy. I will kill you."

Yust is being on a $50,000 cash only bond. His next court hearing is Sept. 29.

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