State v. Pencek

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

Frank Pencek, Jr. appeals from multiple criminal convictions in Geary County, Kansas. A jury found Pencek guilty of felony murder, kidnapping and rape. He was sentenced for first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and rape.

The victim of these crimes was Elizabeth Bush. She was a young girl of college age employed as a “rangerette” at the state park at Milford Lake in Geary County. In the early evening hours of May 17,1974, Ms. Bush was abducted from her duty station in the state park. No one witnessed the abduction. Her body was discovered…