Altus Police Department

served an arrest warrant

at 610 E. Liveoak on

Tuesday afternoon, March

6. John Dietrich Krueger,

49, of Altus, was arrested

for failing to appear or

pay on two charges of

consuming intoxicants in

public, and fraud for less

than $500. He was also

arrested for threatening to

perform an act of violence

in 2011.

According to Altus

Police Chief Tim Murphy,

Krueger is also a person of

interest in the Melissa D.

Bost slaying.

Melissa Bost, 49, of

Altus, was found dead

in an abandoned vehicle

in the alley in the 1000

block of E. Sutherland

last Tuesday. The State

Medical Examiners Office

cited the cause of death

as “sharp force trauma to

the head and neck.” Since

that time, police has also

stated that the site where

Bost was found was not

the primary crime scene.

The 610 E. Liveoak residence

were Krueger was

arrested was inspected,

but police say that preliminary

results indicate that

this was not the primary

crime scene of the Bost

murder.

Krueger has a long

record of arrests and has

served time for multiple

felonies including assault

with a dangerous weapon, uttering a forged instrument,

DUI, and false declaration on pawn ticket. Other charges

he served time for included grand larceny, malicious injury

to personal property and driving under suspension. Kruger

had a Protective Order against him for 2008 to 2011.

According to police, Krueger was to be interviewed

today. Information from that interview was not available

at press time.

NOTE: Chief Murphy also wants to stop rumors about

multiple murders and the possibility of a serial killer in

Altus. “The rumors are completely false,” he said after his

office received repeated calls that other victims have been

found after the death of Bost.