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Hundreds gather at candlelight vigil for Ottawa homicide victims
By Ian Cummings
May 10, 2013
Many of those who gathered at Ottawa’s Forest Park Friday night were strangers to each other, but they were together in mourning the four young people killed in rural Ottawa this week. Ian Cummings
Suspect in Ottawa killings charged with four counts of first-degree murder; could face death penalty
By Shaun Hittle
May 10, 2013
Kyle T. Flack was charged with four counts of first-degree murder Friday of a woman and two men whose bodies were found in rural Ottawa earlier this week, as well as a toddler whose is still missing but presumed dead. He could face the death penalty if convicted. Bond in the case was set at $10 million. The 27-year-old Ottawa man made his first court appearance at the Franklin County courthouse Friday afternoon to hear the charges, which also included a count of rape, a count of criminal possession of a firearm and two counts of capital murder, which opens up the possibility that Flack could face the death penalty if convicted.By Shaun Hittle
Two KU students arrested in connection with break-in at Memorial Stadium
By Ian Cummings
May 10, 2013
Two 19-year-old Kansas University students were arrested early Friday morning on suspicion of breaking into the university’s Memorial Stadium and attempting to steal a chair.
Prosecutors planning to move forward with allegations of animal cruelty at KU fraternity
By Ian Cummings
May 10, 2013
A resolution make be coming soon in the case of a Dec. 14 allegation that a turkey had been abused and killed at a KU fraternity, the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office said Friday. Prosecutors hope to move forward with the case in the next couple of weeks, but it was not clear Friday what actions might be taken. Ian Cummings
All 3 Kansas prison escapees recaptured
Staff and Wire Reports
10:13 a.m., May 10, 2013 Updated 12:49 a.m.
Two of three inmates who walked away from a northeast Kansas prison are in custody in northwest Missouri.
Ottawa man charged; FBI joins search for missing toddler, now presumed dead
By Ian Cummings & Shaun Hittle
12:01 a.m., May 10, 2013 Updated 05:12 p.m.
A suspect in a quadruple homicide made his first appearance in court at 4 p.m. Friday and was charged with murder, rape and criminal possession of firearms. The search for a missing toddler, now presumed dead, continued earlier Friday on a rural Ottawa property where three bodies were discovered this week. The Federal Bureau of Investigation became involved and as many as 150 law enforcement officers in helicopters, planes and on horseback, are combing the area. By Ian Cummings & Shaun Hittle
Homicide suspect had mental health and drug problems, sources say
By Shaun Hittle
May 10, 2013
As Kyle T. Flack sits in a Franklin County Jail cell awaiting multiple charges of murder, relatives of a man Flack nearly killed eight years ago paint a picture of the suspect as a troubled young man prone to mental health and drug issues. Flack served four years in prison for the 2005 shooting of Ottawa resident Steven Dale Free, 47. By Shaun Hittle
Franklin County Sheriff faces high-profile case just weeks into office
By Shaun Hittle
May 10, 2013
It’s been trial by fire for new Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Richards, as he works a potential quadruple homicide case, just weeks after taking over the office in April. By Shaun Hittle
Lawrence man arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault, domestic battery
By Ian Cummings
May 9, 2013
A 26-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on several charges following an alleged domestic violence incident Thursday, including aggravated assault, criminal threat, and domestic battery.
Drug investigation nets 81 arrests in northeast Kansas
Associated Press
May 9, 2013
The Kansas Bureau of investigation says 81 people were arrested on drug-related charges after a lengthy investigation by local and state authorities.
FBI, police dogs search for missing toddler; 27-year-old Ottawa man arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder
By Ian Cummings & Shaun Hittle
07:32 a.m., May 8, 2013 Updated 05:02 p.m.
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have arrived in rural Ottawa to help search for missing Lana-Leigh Bailey, the 18-month-old daughter of one victim in the triple homicide discovered there this week. The toddler is presumed dead, officials said today, and an Ottawa man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Kyle T. Flack, 27, Ottawa, was arrested after being held for questioning Wednesday, but has not yet been charged. Family members of the missing child said they are holding out hope for her safe return. By Shaun Hittle & Ian Cummings
Several police officers investigate burglary on Rockledge Road
By Ian Cummings
06:27 p.m., May 7, 2013 Updated 09:31 p.m.
Several police officers investigated a burglary in the 400 block of Rockledge Road late Tuesday afternoon, drawing attention from residents as they searched the woods around a home and parked several vehicles nearby.
Money stolen from 20 vending machines on KU’s campus
By Ian Cummings
May 7, 2013
Campus police are investigating thefts of cash from 20 vending machines across the Kansas University campus, said Capt. Schuyler Bailey, a KU Public Safety spokesman.
Ottawa triple homicide; missing woman
By Ian Cummings & Shaun Hittle
11:26 a.m., May 7, 2013 Updated 09:41 a.m.
Police searched Tuesday for Kyle Flack, 27, a “person of interest” in connection with a multiple homicide at a house in rural Ottawa, after a third body was discovered on the property. Questions also remain about a missing 18-month-old girl, the daughter of an Olathe woman who may be one of the three victims. Tuesday evening, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement asking for the public’s help in locating a black 2007 Toyota Corolla, license plate number 618 DAA, which may be driven by Flack. By Ian Cummings & Shaun Hittle
Double homicide investigated near Ottawa
By Shaun Hittle & Meagan Thomas
May 6, 2013
Franklin County law enforcement officials are investigating a double homicide after the discovery of two bodies Monday at a rural home near Ottawa. Law enforcement officers would not release any identifying information about the victims, and it was not known how the victims might be related to each other or to the property owners. But the owner of the property said on Facebook his brother had been missing since last week, and a woman who found one of the bodies said she believed it was that of a 22-year-old woman she’d gone to school with. By Shaun Hittle & Meagan Thomas

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