Des Moines Police assisted in the arrest on Sunday of a man suspected of having involvement in a Kansas homicide case. KCCI reports police said they learned a potential suspect was in the area on Sunday after a homicide in Prairie Village, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. They were provided with a photo of 58-year-old Michael Lavaughn Balance, of Des Moines, who authorities believed to have lived in Des Moines. An officer said he recognized the suspect, and said he’d had contact with the suspect the day prior.

The Des Moines Police Department located Balance and took him into custody. Law enforcement in Prairie Village, Kansas, obtained a warrant for Balance’s arrest. The man is in the Polk County Jail awaiting extradition.