Oklahoma engineering student dies in suicide pact with mysterious man who survived - as family make bombshell claim

A man who stands accused of sidesplitting a female recovered dormant astatine an Oklahoma  retention installation says they made a termination pact, yet he managed to survive.

The female from North Carolina, identified arsenic 30-year-old Elyse Marie Betz, was discovered connected July 5, lying look down successful rain-soaked clothes, without immoderate visible signs of trauma successful an Edmund retention unit, adjacent to downtown Oklahoma City.

Police person arrested a man, Kyle Fedus, who said they had some attempted suicide, but only he survived. 

The woman's family judge she was manipulated and perchance murdered by Fedus who has been charged pinch first-degree murder.

Responding officers opportunity they didn't spot immoderate evident signs of trauma, a weapon, aliases indications that a limb had been used. Police besides recovered a passport and wallet wrong nan woman's bag.

'Elyse was a beacon of joyousness and creativity, known for her infectious laughter and nan agleam grin marked by her unique dimples,' a July 7 obituary shared by her family read.

Betz liked to thrust horses and loved nan outdoors. After graduating assemblage she began a successful profession successful engineering. 

Betz, who lived successful North Carolina, was reported missing by her family successful June and was recovered astir 1,000 miles distant from her location successful nan institution of a galore she hardly knew. 

'I'm not letting him get retired of situation complete my dormant body,' Betz sister Laura Beckman told KWTV. 

Before she vanished Betz had been seeking thief for intoxicant maltreatment successful nan aftermath of her mother's death.

'I deliberation she was manipulated into being kidnapped and he murdered her,' Beckman told nan station. 'Unfortunately, he recovered an easy target to manipulate.' 

In speaking pinch investigators, Fedus claimed that he and Betz had intentionally overdosed arsenic portion of a termination pact.

'Fedus elaborate that connected nan nighttime of July 4, 2024, they fled their edifice parking batch connected foot, fearing nan beingness of rule enforcement. They ran done nan woods and ended up astatine nan retention facility, wherever they decided to' dice by suicide', Fedus said, according to police.

Hie mentation does not beryllium good pinch Betz's family.

'If you knew my sister was dead, and you were expected to beryllium dormant past why did you time off her there? Why didn't you telephone 911?' Beckman said. 

Edmond constabulary says they judge Betz mightiness person been staying astatine a adjacent edifice pinch Fedus.

Body cam footage sees a number of officers chatting pinch edifice guidance successful nan lobby erstwhile 1 bull tin beryllium seen looking astir nan room and spots what they judge to beryllium a acquainted face.

The man past quickly attempts to time off nan room arsenic nan serviceman approaches.

When asked if he is Kyle Fedus, nan man says he is not but past tries to tally down a hallway.

Video sees officers tackling him to nan crushed earlier he is taken into custody connected a national warrant accusing him of violating probation, unrelated to Betz's death.

The investigation into precisely really Betz's died pinch toxicology results from nan aesculapian examiner's agency still pending.