A second person is now facing murder charges in connection to the June 2022 Platte County death of 31-year-old Taylor Hawkins.

Hawkins was found shot to death on June 27, 2022, behind a barn located in the 28000 block of Oberdiek Lane in Platte County.

In the weeks following Hawkins death, the Platte County Sheriffs Office developed information about two people of interest - McKayla Cheyenne Archambeau and Cordero Thomas Cervantes.

Archambeau, then 22, was charged in October 2022 with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with evidence and tampering with a motor vehicle. At the time, Cervantes, then 32, faced charges of tampering with evidence and tampering with a motor vehicle.

In August 2025, Archambeau reached a plea deal with prosecutors in which she agreed to plea

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