Criminal Law
A Kansas Woman Is Sentenced to 31 Years For Killing a 3-Year-Old
A Kansas woman has been sentenced to more than 31 years in prison for killing a 3-year-old girl in a case that drew attention to the agency responsible for overseeing young children in the state.
Jacqulyn Kirkpatrick was sentenced Monday, a little more than a month after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and interfering with a law enforcement investigation, the Kansas City Star reported.
Olivia Ann Jansen of Kansas City, Kansas, died in July 2020. Her body was found in a shallow grave, hours after her father reported her missing. A medical examiner’s report later showed that she had signs of physical abuse and died of a brain bleed. Kirkpatrick and the child’s father, Howard Jansen III, were arrested.
