Police: Another arrest in Ohio pregnant-woman murder case

CANTON, Ohio -- A former classmate of a man suspected of murdering a pregnant woman was arrested Sunday on a related obstruction of justice charge, the FBI said.

Myisha Ferrell was arrested hours after the body of 26-year-old Jessie Davis was found in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, still carrying her dead, nearly full-term fetus. The Summit County medical examiner on Sunday confirmed the body was Davis'.

Sheriff's deputies and FBI agents arrested Ferrell after breaking down the door of her apartment and searching the home, agent Scott Wilson said.

Ferrell was to be arraigned today, Wilson said.

Davis, of Lake Township near Canton, was reported missing after her mother found Davis' 2-year-old son, Blake, home alone, with bedroom furniture toppled and bleach spilled on the floor. Blake gave investigators some of their first clues, saying: "Mommy was crying. Mommy broke the table. Mommy's in rug."

In this photo released by the Stark County Sheriff's Department, Bobby Lee Cutts, is shown in this booking photo Saturday, June 23, 2007, in Canton, Ohio. Authorities on Saturday arrested Cutts, the boyfriend of a missing nine-month pregnant woman on murder charges and said they recovered a body believed to be hers. (AP Photo/Stark County Sheriff's Department via The Repository)

Thousands of volunteers searched for Davis for several days, while investigators questioned Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, a police officer who is Davis' boyfriend and has an estranged wife. He is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of murdering Davis and her fetus.

Cutts, of North Canton, is Blake's father, and relatives have said they believed Cutts also fathered the fetus Davis was carrying.

Ferrell worked at a Denny's restaurant until quitting her job Friday, Lindstrom said. A manager at Denny's, who declined to give his name, confirmed that Ferrell had worked there but declined to comment further.

Officials at the Stark County jail said that Ferrell had not been processed and that they had no information about whether she had a lawyer.

Davis' body was found in an area known as Top O' the World because of its elevation. The area contains a dirt road, a small dirt parking area and a couple of benches overlooking a grassy field.

In this undated photo released by her mother, Jessie Davis, 26 of North Canton, Ohio, is shown. Davis, who is nine months pregnant, was reported missing Friday, June 15, 2007. Authorities say, Saturday, June 23, 2007, they have arrested Canton Patrolman Bobby Cutts Jr., the father of Jessie Marie Davis' 2-year old son and unborn child, on murder charges and have recovered a body believed to be Jessie Marie Davis. (AP Photo/Family photo) **NO SALES**

The body was found in that field, said Roger Riggins, an investigator for the medical examiner's office.

Davis' mother has said she planned to name the baby Chloe. Just down the road from where the expectant mother's body was found, someone posted a sign saying, "God bless you Jessie and Chloe, forever in our hearts." People had placed flowers and red and yellow ribbons just below a sign identifying the park.