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    Kasey Nesbitt Gets Life in Prison for 2014 KS Murder of Martha Schell






    Man found guilty of rape, murder in 100-year-old woman’s death

    By Amy Renee Leiker
    The Wichita Eagle

    A Wichita man has been found guilty of raping and murdering a 100-year-old woman after he broke into her home in September 2014.

    The trial of Kasey Nesbitt, which was slated to last two weeks, reached a quick conclusion Thursday after jurors delivered a guilty verdict following about two hours of deliberations. The trial begin Tuesday.

    Nesbitt is scheduled for sentencing Aug. 18 before Sedgwick County District Court Judge Ben Burgess, who presided over the trial.

    In addition to the rape and first-degree felony murder of Martha Schell, jurors also convicted Nesbitt of aggravated burglary with the intent to commit a sexual assault for kicking in the door and going inside of her home in the 800 block of South Crestway on Sept. 30, 2014.

    “We’re very pleased with the jury’s work and very pleased for the victim’s family that they can start to put this behind them,” Marc Bennett, district attorney of Sedgwick County, said after the verdict was read in court.

    “They were immensely pleased at the verdict today.”

    Nesbitt’s defense attorney, Val Wachtel, would not comment on the jury’s decision.

    The case hinged on a DNA profile built from sperm cells collected from Schell after the assault. Neither authorities nor Schell knew the identity of her attacker until the DNA profile was entered into a local database. It matched a profile taken from Nesbitt in 2002.

    The two profiles matched with a probability of 1 in 3.34 quintillion, Bennett told jurors during closing arguments Thursday – close enough to convict Nesbitt of the sexual assault beyond a reasonable doubt.

    “Without it (DNA) we’d have never solved the case,” Bennett said after the verdict. “Wichita is very lucky to have a crime lab … where we can have top-notch DNA experts.”

    Wachtel, in court, pointed out to jurors that no one saw Nesbitt enter or leave Schell’s home the night of the attack. He called the DNA evidence presented “more confusing that enlightening.”

    “You cannot let sympathy be your guide in this case because it’s unfair and that’s not allowed in this country,” he said.

    Schell had been enjoying “a quiet life,” living independently in her home and interacting mostly with family until the night of the attack, Bennett said in court.

    She moved about with the help of a walker and was in no pain. The day prior, her daughter-in-law had brought her breakfast and lunch.

    But the rape left her with a broken vertebrae, wrist injuries and damage to her groin area, according to doctors, Bennett told jurors.

    Confused, she sought help from neighbors the next morning. Nesbitt was arrested and jailed about a week later.

    “The next day and the rest of her life was consumed by pain,” Bennett said. The sequence of events set Schell “on the path to her ultimate death,” he added.

    Schell died when blood clots traveled to her lungs on Oct. 21, 2014 – three weeks after the assault. The coroner ruled her death a homicide after determining the clots were a result of the attack.

    “She didn’t die of old age. She didn’t die of heart disease. She died of clots that were the direct result of his actions,” Bennett told jurors.

    “Did her life end the night of the rape? No. But did the sequence of events that led to her ultimate death begin in that moment? Absolutely.”

    Prosecutors originally charged Nesbitt with rape and aggravated burglary but tacked on the felony murder count after Schell’s autopsy report was released.

    He faces life in prison for felony murder; up to 54 years, 5 months in prison for the rape; and up to 34 months for the aggravated burglary. The judge will decide whether Nesbitt will serve the terms concurrently or back to back when he is sentenced.

    http://www.kansas.com/news/local/cri...e91157157.html
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    Man sentenced to life in prison for rape, death of 100-year-old woman

    The man convicted of raping a 100-year-old Wichita woman in her home in 2014 – ultimately causing her death – was sentenced Thursday to life in prison, plus more than 26 years.

    In the best-case scenario available to him, Kasey Nesbitt would be around 86 before he could be released from prison. He’s 37 now.

    “That’s still 14 years younger than his victim,” Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said after Nesbitt’s sentence was pronounced by District Judge Ben Burgess.

    A jury last month found Nesbitt guilty of the rape, first-degree felony murder and aggravated burglary. His victim, Martha Schell, was inside her home in the 800 block of South Crestway on Sept. 30, 2014, when Nesbitt kicked in her door and went inside.

    In what’s been characterized by police as a crime of opportunity, he brutally sexually assaulted her, jurors found during his trial.

    Schell’s injuries were so severe they rendered her immobile, according to testimony. She died three weeks later from blood clots that traveled to her lungs – a complication a coroner determined resulted from the attack.

    Law enforcement eventually linked Nesbitt to the crime using a DNA profile generated from sperm cells collected during Schell’s sexual assault exam. He was arrested and charged about a week after the attack.

    Prosecutors amended his charges to include murder after Schell’s death was ruled a homicide in May 2015.

    Bennett said Thursday Schell’s family was still “very upset” and are “still grieving” her death.

    “No one expects a 100-year-old family member to live forever,” Bennett said. “But no one expects a 100-year-old family member to die like this.”

    http://www.kansas.com/news/local/cri...e96535752.html


    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
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    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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    I hate, hate, HATE these elderly rape cases. The victims suffer excruciating pain because often their bones are broken by the rapist.

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    Scumbag deserves a slow, painful death. Too bad he didn't commit the crime in Oklahoma or Texas. He would be on DR, and those states actually follow through and execute people.

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