UPDATE: Arrest in Double Murder

A Salina man has been arrested in connection with a double murder.

According to Salina Police, Sunday evening at 5:33, officers were dispatched to a home in the 700 block of Vassar Dr in reference to a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival officers located two females in the driveway of the residence, who were deceased due to an apparent homicide.

At 5:38 PM, officers located the suspect a couple blocks from the scene and took him into custody without incident. The suspect has been identified as 35-year-old Preston James Reyna of Salina.

Reyna is being referred to the Saline County Attorney for 2 counts of 1st Degree Murder, 2 counts of Aggravated DV Battery, Aggravated Kidnapping, 2 counts of DV Battery, and DV Damage to Property.

Reyna has previously served time in state prison, and in the Larned state hospital, on a murder charge. In 2010 he pleaded guilty to unintentional second-degree murder in the death of 27-year-old Nicolas Chavez Castroun. He was released on June 27th, 2020.

This investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has any additional information about this case, please call Crimestoppers at 825-TIPS. You can
also make an online tip at: https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=950#. Tipsters may also contact the Salina Police Department at (785) 826-7210, Case 25-4482.

You may receive a cash reward of up to $1,000.

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ORIGINAL:

Law enforcement were on the scene of an incident Sunday night in Central Salina.

Officials tell KSAL News an investigation is underway in connection with two deaths. Police were on the scene in the 700 block of Vassar Drive.

Further details were not immediately made available.

This story will be updated when more details become available.