PLATTE COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who investigators believe manipulated his then-girlfriend into fatally shooting her ex-lover in 2022.

Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Monday, Nov. 3, indicate that Cordero T. Cervantes, 35, has been charged with murder .

Cervantes was initially detained in July 2022 for a fatal shooting that happened at the end of June, along with McKayla Archambeau, 25, of Parkville, Missouri.

A probable cause statement filed by the Platte County Sheriff’s Office revealed that on June 28, 2022, law enforcement officials were called to the area of 28000 Oberdiek Ln., outside of Farley, south of Platte City.

A witness reported that his friend, Taylor Hawkins , had been shot by Archambeau behind a bar

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