It s been 14 years since Michelle De La Isla left her abusive ex-husband, yet tears well up in her eyes as she relives the trauma from their seven years together.
De La Isla has spoken publicly about the physical and psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of Jose Manuel De La Isla, but it never gets easier, she told The Topeka Capital-Journal.
She said she ended up bawling, with her hands shaking, the last time she recalled her experiences, before an audience at the Kansas Statehouse. It sounds stupid, but I m still scared that he s going to read this story and maybe get angry and do something stupid, she said.
By - Associated Press - Friday, April 30, 2021
PAULINE, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a woman was abducted by her former boyfriend before she was killed earlier this week.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 61-year-old Jon Ewing, of Scranton, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, making a criminal threat and interfering with law enforcement. He is jailed on a $1 million bond.
The investigation began Tuesday after the body of 58-year-old Deborah Ann Stephens was found by law enforcement officers at a mobile home park in the unincorporated community of Pauline, south of Topeka. Authorities said she had trauma wounds to her face, arms and abdomen.
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Two men have been charged with two counts each of involuntary manslaughter after a pickup truck being towed by another pickup truck last month came loose, struck a motorcycle and killed its riders, Topekans Anthony and Tamara Vardys.
Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced in a news release Friday that his office had filed charges against Randy Dean Clelland and Rigo Oliver Phinney linked to the crash, which Topeka police said occurred just after 10 p.m. March 20 at the intersection of N.E. US-24 highway and Meriden Road.
Clelland and Phinney were using a pickup truck and a chain to tow another pickup, which was disabled, when the chain came loose as the pickup in front tried to turn north from US-24 onto Meriden Road, Kagay said.
Sen. Gene Suellentrop was removed from his leadership position Friday night, just hours after the top officer in the Kansas Senate called on him to permanently relinquish his duties.
These details, and others, have caused his support within the caucus to erode in recent days, with Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, calling on Suellentrop to step down from his post Friday morning.
Legislators voted 22-4 to eject him from his leadership post during a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans minutes after the chamber adjourned until the beginning of May.
The fact that Suellentrop did not resign was disappointing, Masterson said, and he acknowledged it would be awkward working with him going forward in the caucus.