A 20-year-old convicted killer is dead at the Jasper County jail.
The Sheriff's department identifying the body as 20-year-old Matthew Laurin, who was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for the stabbing deaths of Bob and Ellen Sheldon in 2008.
Joplin Police have arrested two women in connection with a murder.
Lieutenant Michael Hobson says Sharon Huddleston and Rhonda Pischel are being held on felony fugitive charges until authorities from Kansas can come retrieve them for the homicide case.