(KAIR)--The victim of an alleged homicide in Dodge City, Kansas, had ties to the local area.

According to KAKE-TV, 27-year-old Shantel Rose Brungardt Winkler was found dead late Sunday morning in a Dodge City motel room, the apparent victim of a shooting.

Brungardt Winkler, who was residing in Howell at the time of her death, has family in the local area.

The Facebook page of her father, Anthony, cited by the TV station as saying that the single mother of three “loved her babies more than anything in the world,” lists connections to Leavenworth County and Atchison.

Her step-mother, Carrie Ann Brungardt, tells MSC News her “beautiful daughter” had previously lived in McLouth.

According to her obituary from the Ziegler Funeral Chapel, in Dodge City, Brungardt Winkler was a graduate of Jefferson County North High School, in Winchester. 

An 18-year-old Dodge City man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting.

According to The Dodge City Globe, Boston Cole Boswell was charged Monday with first-degree murder and theft of a firearm.

He's being held on a cash bond of $500,000.

Dodge City Police continue to investigate.