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Attorney: ‘Mounds’ of evidence in murder trial Lawyer for Kyle Flack calls quadruple homicide case circumstantial By Karen Dillon Twitter: @karensdillon
Ottawa — Franklin County Attorney Stephen Hunting began his opening statements Monday in a quadruple murder trial describing how the body of one victim, an 18-month-old girl, was eventually found in a suitcase in the Tequa Creek in
Osage County. “In just a few hours, it would be Mother’s Day, May 11, 2013,” Hunting said to a packed courtroom, describing how a group of officers stood on a bridge in the gathering darkness as a dive team walked through the stream to collect the black suitcase. The defendant, Kyle Trevor Flack, 30, is on trial for his life
in the death-penalty case that is expected to continue for a month. Flack is charged with capital murder in the deaths of the toddler, Lana Bailey, and her mother, Kaylie Bailey, 21, of Olathe, and with sexual battery of the mother. He also is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Andrew Stout,
relatives 8 miles west of Ottawa on Georgia Road. 30, and Steve Numerous law enforcement White, 31, who agencies, including the Franklived with Stout. lin County Sheriff’s Office, Stout was Baithe Ottawa and Emporia poley’s boyfriend. lice departments, the Kansas The killings Highway Patrol, the Johnson took place over Flack County Sheriff’s Criminalistics several days Laboratory, and the FBI have from about April 20 to May 1, been involved in the investiga2013. All the victims were shot tion. with a 12-gauge shotgun at a Please see TRIAL, page 4A farmhouse owned by Stout’s
Meet the superintendent finalists
Jury picked in 3rd trial for 2014 killing By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson
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LAWRENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT FINALISTS MICHAEL MUNOZ, LEFT, AND KYLE HAYDEN are pictured Monday. The two candidates met with members of the Lawrence school board and community Monday, and a third finalist, Shellaine Kiblinger, of Hutchinson, will meet with them today.
Candidates discuss backgrounds, goals By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde
Two of the three finalists for the Lawrence school district’s superintendent position met with members of the Lawrence school board and community focus groups Monday. Michael Munoz, of Rochester, Minn., was the first to meet with board members and focus groups made up of district staff, students and community members on Monday. Kyle Hayden, of Lawrence, met with
board members and focus groups Monday evening. The third finalist, Shellaine Kiblinger, of Hutchinson, will do so today. The Lawrence school board announced the finalists Friday. Munoz, 59, is currently superintendent of the Rochester school district. Hayden is assistant superintendent of business and operations for the Lawrence school district, and Kiblinger is superintendent of the Hutchinson school district. The Journal-World had the opportunity to
talk with both Munoz and to those of the Lawrence Hayden after their meet- district — such as improving equity among student ings Monday. subgroups, increasing access to technology and exMichael Munoz panding career and techniPrior to his current posi- cal education — make him tion, Munoz was executive a good fit for the job. director of Des Moines, “A lot of (the district’s) Iowa, public schools. In his beliefs match very closely to 35 years in education, Mu- my personal beliefs as an ednoz has also been a teach- ucator,” he said. “…I felt that er, school counselor and there was a good connection a school principal at both not only for me professionthe elementary and middle ally and personally as far as school level. my passions, but for the exMunoz said he thinks perience I have.” his beliefs and experiences Please see FINALISTS, page 6A with undertakings similar
On Monday — and for the third time — Dustin D. Walker entered Douglas County District Court to stand trial for the 2014 slaying of Patrick Roberts. Prosecuting and defense attorneys questioned a pool of 42 prospective jurors throughout the day, asking about their employment, family, ethics and stances on issues like marijuana and gun control. After nearly six hours, 14 jurors, including two alternates, were chosen from the pool to serve as the jury for Walker’s trial. Throughout the process Walker, 31, sat silently, dressed in a blue dress shirt Walker with a tie. Police say Walker and another man, Archie Robinson, broke into Roberts’ apartment on March 8, 2014, to steal cash and marijuana. Once inside the apartment, Robinson pointed a gun at Roberts’ son and Walker shot Roberts in the chest, killing him, police said. Roberts was 39 years old. During his first trial in February of 2015, Walker faced felony charges of aggravated burglary and felony murder, which is a murder without premeditation during the commission of a felony. The jury found him guilty of aggravated burglary, the underlying felony, but could not reach a decision on the felony murder charge.
See an interview with superintendent finalist Shellaine Kiblinger in Wednesday’s Journal-World.
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