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Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980

  • A man has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for the 1980 murder of Mary Robin Walter in Great Bend, Kansas, after 44 years of investigation.
  • The case was reopened in 2022, utilizing modern techniques that were not available previously, according to Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir.
  • Hanks, now 70, admitted to killing Walter during re-interviews with law enforcement, leading to his sentence on Thursday.
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Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980

More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her home in Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison. The investigation into the 1980 shooting death of 23-year-old Mary Robin Walter,…

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Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980

More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her trailer home in central Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for killing her.

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Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her home in Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison. The investigation into the 1980 shooting death of 23-year-old Mary Robin Walter, of Great Bend, had gone cold until 2022, when officials reopened the investigation. They developed new evidence that pointed to Steven L. Hanks, who was 25 at the time and had been a suspect early on.…

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Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her trailer home in central Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 […]

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Kansas Cold Case Ends 44 Years Later as Man Is Sentenced for Killing His Former Neighbor in 1980

GREAT BEND, Kan.—More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her trailer home in central Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for killing her. The investigation into the Jan. 24, 1980, shooting death of Mary Robin Walter, 23, of Great Bend, had gone cold until 2022, when a detective persuaded Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir to reopen the case and use technology and techniques that weren’t a…

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Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her trailer home in central Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for killing her. The investigation into the Jan. 24, 1980, shooting death of Mary Robin Walter, 23, of Great Bend, had gone cold until 2022, when a detective persuaded Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir to reopen the case and use technology and techniques that we…

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