BATON ROUGE - A Kansas woman was convicted of murder on Thursday after a missing Georgia man's body parts were discovered by a couple in 2023.

Danetta Knoblauch of Wichita, Kan., was found guilty of multiple charges, including felony murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, arson and concealing the death of another after the death of Melvin Cooksey.

Cooksey was reported missing in February of 2023 after Newton County officials responded to a fire, according to the Newton County District Attorney's Office. During the investigation, authorities discovered that the fire was intentionally set with propane tanks spread throughout the house.

In May of the same year, a couple hiking through the mountains in Fannin County came across a human skull, leading law enforcement to the discov

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