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Kansas City father charged with murder of 18-year-old daughter

Posted at 10:32 AM, Sep 21, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-21 21:03:50-04

The father of a Kansas City high school student who was found dead in a south KC motel in March has been charged with murder and raping the teenage girl.

Jerry K. Bausby faces felony charges of murder in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, incest and sexual abuse in the first degree.

"The community has been waiting for an answer," Jean Peters Baker, Jackson County Prosecutor, said.

On Monday March 21, police were called to the 4 Acres Motel on Hickman Mills Drive after cleaning staff found 18-year-old Daizsa Bausby lifeless in one of the rooms. 

The Jackson County Medical Examiner ruled that she had been killed by smothering and had also been sodomized.

"He called Daizsa that Sunday night and had Daizsa come out, and he picked her up and took her somewhere, wherever that motel was," Mayetta Walker, Daizsa's grandmother, said.

According to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, Jerry Bausby rented the room around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, and video showed him entering the motel. 

At 3:31 a.m., a person matching his description was seen leaving the motel. The video also shows that he didn’t return to the room where his daughter’s body was later found.

"Daizsa was silenced by her death; we weren't able to get a full story," Peters Baker said.

Police arrested Bausby Wednesday. He was charged after prosecutors say DNA results matched him to Daizsa's rape.

Her grandmother still misses her to this day.

The 18-year-old was a star student at Southwest High School and was on her way to college.

Walker said Bausby is a violent man who abused Daizsa's mother, Laetta.

"He would curse her out, accuse her of being with other men and stuff and she was not doing nothing (sic)," Walker said.

Laetta Walker got an order of protection against Bausby the month after her daughter was killed because she feared for her life.

Now Bausby is being held on a $750,000 cash-only bond.

"I wanted to make sure the community understood how serious we were about keeping him where he belongs," Peters Baker said.

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