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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
Joining the board, top row, from left, are Kristen Bunch, Pauline Carpenter and Pam Combs, and bottom row from left, Sonia Gironda, Kimbela McMinn and Carol Stefaniak. “We are thrilled to welcome these new members to the United Way Board,” Board Chair Sherri Holbert said. “Their expertise, community connections and passion for our community and United Way’s mission and work will make them real assets to our team. Our organization is fortunate to have a wise group of leaders serving on our board who are fighting for the education, financial stability and health of everyone in our community.”
MountainTrue is partnering for water quality with label material manufacturer UPM Raflatac, which is sponsoring MountainTrue’s Volunteer Water Information Network through the company’s Bifore Share and Care grant program. MountainTrue’s volunteer-powered VWIN program features members of the public collecting water samples from over 30 sites throughout the French Broad
GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Pethtel, Frasier head to prison on separate murder convictions Rusty Lee Fraiser
Two men convicted of murder charges in separate Barton County cases were released to the Kansas Department of Corrections to begin their prison sentences Friday. Rusty Lee Frasier and Nicholas Pethtel were taken to the El Dorado Correctional Facility’s Reception and Diagnostic Unit (RDU). All male inmates start at the RDU, where they receive orientation and are assigned to a custody classification, appropriate programs and a permanent housing assignment.
Rusty Lee Frasier
Rusty Lee Frasier, 37, of Aransas Pass, Texas was released to the Kansas Department of Corrections Friday after being sentenced on Nov. 12 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 100 years in connection with the July 2018 premeditated murders of Alfred “Sonny” Carpenter and Pauline Carpenter, both of Wichita, during the Barton County Fair.