7 March 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A status hearing is happening Thursday for two brothers convicted of capital murder.
Jonathan and Reginald Carr are convicted of abusing and terrorizing five people – killing Aaron Sander, Brad Heyka, Heather Muller, and Jason Befort. Another woman survived the attack. The brothers also killed Ann Walenta and robbed another man during their week-long crime spree in December of 2000.
The brothers were sentenced to death in 2002. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the brothers’ appeal, exhausting their direct appeals.
The Kansas Supreme Court sent the cases back to Sedgwick County. The district attorney said the next step is for indirect appeal.
Both brothers have filed two motions. One claimed they had ineffective counsel during the trial, and the second sought a new sentencing hearing.
The hearing is considered a status conference to determine the next steps for the attorneys to argue the motion for a new sentencing hearing.
The brothers have not been ordered to appear in court. KSN News will be in the courtroom.