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Amadeus Courage Ballou-Meyer was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the death of Hester Workman, his friend's mother. He was prosecuted as an adult, with Ballou-Meyer needing to serve at least 50 years before he is eligible for parole.
A new development has occurred in the case against Topekan Amadeus Ballou-Meyer, accused of beating to death his friend's mother with a baseball bat.
Amadeus Ballou-Meyer, 16. was charged with killing his best friend's mother, 46-year-old Hester Workman last month in Topeka, Kansas.
Youth, 16, arrested in killing of Hester Workman at her southwest Topeka home Tim Hrenchir, Topeka Capital-Journal © File photo/The Capital-Journal Topeka police announced early Tuesday morning that they had made an arrested in connection with a homicide discovered late Saturday. Topeka police have arrested a 16-year-old male youth in connection with Saturday's homicide death of 46-year-old Hester Workman at her southwest Topeka home, they announced early Tuesday morning. The suspect's name wasn't being made public. He was arrested in connection with first-degree murder, fe...
Police dub suspicious Topeka death as homicide, arrest teen April 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Police in Topeka have determined that the death of a woman that had initially been dubbed suspicious was a homicide and have arrested a teenager in the case. Officers sent to the Topeka neighborhood Saturday night following a 911 call seeking medical help found the body of Hester Workman, 46, of Topeka. On Monday, police declared her death a homicide and arrested a 16-year-old on suspicion of first-degree and felony murder, as well as burglary, theft and obstruction. Police ha...