State v. Nemechek

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Owsley, J.:

This is an appeal from jury verdicts of guilty on five counts of first degree murder (K.S.A. 21-3401).

The victims of these crimes were killed in three separate incidents. The evidence discloses Sheryl Lynn Young, Diane Lynn Lovette and Guy William Young were picked up by defendant on Interstate 70 near Ogallah, Kansas, on December 13, 1974, and were taken to an abandoned farm house in Graham County where the two women were shotgunned to death and Guy, a three-year-old boy, was left to freeze. The bodies were found on January 13, 1975. Carla…