		<div class="wpcnt">
			<div class="wpa">
				<span class="wpa-about">Advertisements</span>
				<div class="u top_amp">
							<amp-ad width="300" height="265"
		 type="pubmine"
		 data-siteid="109460728"
		 data-section="1">
		</amp-ad>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#413839"><strong>Jonathan Menard, 35, of Beaumont has extradited from Calsius Parish, Louisiana to Texas to faces charges in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Kayla Rice </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#413839"><strong>Rice, 33, was six months pregnant with her second child, a son, when she was reported missing in Beaumont, Texas, in November </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#413839"><strong>Skeletal remains found out of state in Vinton, Louisiana, on Feb 11 was later identified as belonging to Kayala Nicole Rice </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#413839"><strong>Her boyfriend Jonathan Menard was arrested that same day in Louisiana for probation violation</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#413839"><strong>He has been charged with tampering with evidence in the death of Rice, police say more charges may follow</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jonathan-Menard-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-372837"/><figcaption><strong>Jonathan Menard, [photo], has been charged with tampering with evidence in the death o</strong>f <strong>his pregnant girlfriend</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A 35-year-old man from Beaumont, Texas man has been arrested in connection with the death of his pregnant girlfriend, whose body was found buried in a shallow grave out of state in Louisiana three months after her disappearance.<br>Beaumontpolice had a warrant issued on February 22, charging Jonathan Menard with tampering with evidence, stemming from the death of 33-year-old Kayla Rice.<br>The fugitive who was arrested in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, February 11, on a parole violation charge, was then transferred to the Jefferson County Jail in Texas last Thursday..<br>Police stated that additional charges against Menard are pending and may be filed as early as next week.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kayla-Rice-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-372829"/><figcaption><strong>33-year-old Kayla Nicole Rice, [photo], was six months pregnant with her second child, a son, when she was reported missing in Beaumont, Texas last year November, by her family</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Menard&#8217;s girlfriend, Kayla Rice, was reported missing to the police in Beaumont by her out-of-state family in December. Relatives said they had not seen or heard from the expectant mother since the end of November.<br>Rice, who already has an 11-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, was six months pregnant at the time with her second child, a son. <br>Investigators quickly located Rice&#8217;s vehicle, which was &#8216;found to have been physically altered,&#8217; police said.<br>Two months later, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff&#8217;s Office responded to a call from a witness, saying they observed what appeared to be skeletal remains in a shallow grave on Ged Road near Vinton, Louisiana . <br>The discovery <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/arrest-made-in-case-of-missing-beaumont-woman-found-dead-in-louisiana/502-33bd1c98-c81e-4fa1-9316-4cdfc1022049">was made </a>on February 11, and the remains were later identified as the missing woman.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kayla-Rice-second-left-on-her-graduation-with-her-brother-left-her-mother-and-her-young-daughter-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-372827" width="602" height="438"/><figcaption><strong>Rice [second left], earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in human resources from a Texas university in 2013. She is seen at her graduation with her brother, [left], her mother, brother and young daughter </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Menard was arrested in Calcasieu Parish on the same day.<br>According to her obituary, Rice earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in human resources from a Texas university in 2013 and played the clarinet. She welcomed her first child in 2009.<br></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p>

Jonathan Menard, 35, is extradited to face charges in Texas after his pregnant girlfriend’s skeletal remains were found buried in a shallow grave in Louisiana, three months after she vanished – Kayla Rice was 6- months pregnant
