'Playing with a woman tonight': Men texted each other about taking 18-year-old hostage, shoving socks into mouth and tying her up, before they murdered her, cops say

Two men successful Missouri allegedly kidnapped an 18-year-old girl, shoving socks into her rima and tying her up, earlier raping and murdering the teen with assistance from a 3rd male, according to tribunal documents.

"Playing with a pistillate tonight," wrote fishy Kennan Peoples successful a substance connection to co-suspect Donald Peoples Jr. connected Nov. 3 successful notation to unfortunate Kaniah Jennings, who was kidnapped that evening by Kennan and co-suspect Blake Patrick, according to a probable origin statement.

Jennings was reported missing connected Nov. 4 successful Pemiscot County. She was past seen the nighttime earlier successful Hayti, according to a constabulary press release.

Kennan Peoples and Patrick are accused of picking Jennings up from her location successful Portageville and holding her hostage astatine a residence Kennan shared with Donald Peoples. Cops accidental Patrick spoke to constabulary astir what allegedly went connected there.

"While astatine the residence … 1 of the suspects, Blake Patrick, described some helium and Kennan Peoples arsenic having enactment with Jennings," according to court documents. "Patrick further described that during this intercourse, Kennan Peoples placed socks wrong of Jennings mouth. After this encounter, Patrick past describes Jennings arsenic being tied up and a broad placed implicit her head."

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While this was going on, Kennan Peoples allegedly began texting Donald Peoples astir what was happening. "Hey instrumentality your saccharine clip getting home," helium texted, according to the probable origin statement.

After allegedly telling him astir "playing with a woman," cops accidental Donald Peoples texted, "Lord How [sic] mercy lol good thats the intent of having your ain extremity of the house. Do your thang, wherever did the lil achromatic lad go, did you fto him stay."

Kennan Peoples and Patrick allegedly near the residence to spell get state successful a Nissan Frontier with Jennings successful the backseat, inactive tied up with a broad implicit her head. He pumped $20 worthy of state that Patrick sent to himself utilizing Jennings's Cash App relationship from her cellphone, according to the probable origin statement.

After getting gas, the 2 men allegedly drove backmost to Jennings's location successful Portageville to spot her cellphone "on the crushed adjacent her residence," constabulary say. They past drove backmost to the location that Kennan Peoples shared with Donald Peoples and recovered him sitting connected the sofa arsenic they walked successful with Jennings "still having her hands bound and a broad implicit her head," according to cops.

"Patrick describes Kennan arsenic taking Jennings to a chamber and raping her," the probable origin connection alleges. "During this time, Patrick states that Jennings was inactive alive, but successful 'bad shape.' Patrick states that helium became precise frightened and near the residence, stealing the Frontier and going consecutive to Arkansas."

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Cops accidental Jennings died sometime betwixt the evening of Nov. 3 and greeting of Nov. 4, with Donald and Kennan Peoples remaining astatine the residence "the duration of the nighttime with Jennings inactive astatine the residence, believed to beryllium deceased," according to the probable origin statement. The 2 men yet moved Jennings's assemblage to an country successful "rural Pemiscot County," a constabulary press release says, wherever it was recovered connected Friday.

Authorities followed up connected galore leads and obtained surveillance video linking Kennan Peoples, Donald Peoples and Patrick to Jennings's disappearance. The trio was taken into custody implicit the play and charged with aggregate crimes.

Kennan Peoples is facing charges of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape and tampering with evidence; Donald Peoples is charged with first-degree execution and tampering with carnal evidence; Patrick is charged with first-degree accessory to murder, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape.

All 3 men are owed successful tribunal connected Monday for their arraignments.