photo by: Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Keisonn Smith Jr.

A man who was arrested in a Sunday homicide in downtown Lawrence has not been charged in the incident.

Keisonn Smith, 25, of Topeka, was arrested Sunday after the fatal stabbing of 20-year-old McMillin Tutu, of Kansas City, Missouri.

Lawrence police had said that evidence pointed to Smith as the suspect, and he was arrested in Topeka and brought to the Douglas County Jail.

Smith never made a first appearance in court after his jailing, and on Wednesday the Journal-World learned that he has not been charged.

The Journal-World has reached out to law enforcement authorities for more details about the case.

Smith remained in custody Wednesday on a federal hold, according to a county law enforcement official, but the nature of that hold was not clear.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office spokesman George Diepenbrock said, “Keisonn Smith is currently still in custody on a federal no-bond hold and a municipal court warrant FTA for disorderly conduct.”

“FTA” generally refers to failure to appear for a court date.