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Kimberly Younger’s jury trial for the 2018 murders of Alfred and Pauline Carpenter has been moved back from May 17 to Sept. 7, according to Barton County District Court records.
Meanwhile, Senior Judge Edward Bouker has been hearing motions about the admissibility of statements Younger made to law enforcement in Arkansas.
The Carpenters were a Wichita couple who sold crafts, jewelry, purses and other handmade items at fairs. They were killed by carnival workers during the 2018 Barton County Fair. The suspects used the Carpenters’ own truck and camper to drive the bodies 320 miles to Van Buren, Arkansas. The bodies were found on July 16, 2018, next to a
Release Date: Jan 20, 2021 LIBERAL – (January 20, 2021) – A former clerk of the Seward County District Court has been sentenced to pay $2,962 in restitution and serve 12 months of probation for her conviction on one count of misuse of public funds, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. Sonia B. Johnson, 57, was sentenced Tuesday by retired Ellis County Judge Edward Bouker during proceedings held through videoconference. Johnson was also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and serve 12 months of probation with an underlying sentence of six months in prison. Bouker accepted Johnson’s no contest plea on the charge in August. Johnson was convicted for taking more than $8,000 in voided traffic court payments, a non-person felony. An investigation by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation found that Johnson returned most of the money but left the court $2,962 short.