A Mayetta, Kansas man is behind bars this morning after the fatal stabbing of his roommate at his home early Saturday morning. Leann M. Sanchez, 49, was stabbed to death at the home she shared with the alleged assailant at 18836 M. Road on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation reservation early Saturday morning.

The suspect, identified as Wilson R. Noriega, 49, of Mayetta, was taken into custody in connection to Sanchez’s death. Noriega is being held in the Jackson Co. Jail for first degree murder, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A judge set bail for Noriega at $1 million.