Overview
- Damon Leonard pleaded guilty May 22 to one felony count of abandonment of a corpse in Bates County and is scheduled for sentencing on May 29 in Bates County District Court.
- The Wyandotte County Coroner’s Office autopsy identified multiple dog bite injuries as the cause of death, a finding that underpins further investigative and prosecutorial actions.
- Leonard contacted Bates County deputies and led them to a remote ravine in a creek bed across the Kansas–Missouri line where Airen Andula’s body was recovered in December 2025.
- Kansas City, Kansas police later filed additional charges in Kansas, including interference with law enforcement, criminal desecration and having a vicious dog at large, and several dogs were seized from Leonard’s property.
- Watch for the May 29 sentencing and the outcome of the pending Kansas charges as multiagency investigations continue and Airen’s family and the Pleasanton community seek answers and accountability.