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    Dion Jamel Green Sentenced to 2 Life Terms in 2018 KS Slayings of Jenna Schafer and her Unborn Child




    Atty. General asked to aid in Junction City murder prosecutions

    By Steve Fry
    WIBW

    JUNCTION CITY, Kan. -- The Kansas Attorney General's Office has received a formal request to aid in the capital murder prosecution of two men charged in the killings of a mother and her unborn child, in Junction City, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

    Mashaun Jay Baker and Jamel Green, both 33 and both of Junction City, face capital-murder counts in the deaths of Jenna Schafer and her unborn child. Prosecutors can seek the death penalty for the two men if they are convicted.

    The Geary County attorney's office made the request to the attorney general's office, said C.J. Grover, public information officer for Attorney General Derk Schmidt.

    The attorney general's office is making an internal review of the request, Grover said.

    Green faces two counts of capital murder in committing the slayings of the mother and unborn daughter, and Baker is charged with one count of capital murder for his role in planning Schafer's death, the Geary County attorney's office said.

    Police were dispatched to a house at 948 Grant Ave. in Junction City about 9:30 a.m. on Christmas Day after police received a report of a dead woman at the residence. Schafer apparently was killed by a gunshot.

    The charges were filed in Geary County District Court.

    Death penalty in Kansas

    In Kansas, ten men, who have been convicted of capital murder, await capital punishment. No women currently have been convicted in Kansas courts of capital murder.

    Kansas statute defines capital murder as:

    -- the killing of someone in the commission of a kidnapping or aggravated kidnapping.
    -- the contract killing of a victim.
    -- the killing of an inmate in a state correctional facility.
    -- the killing of someone during a rape, criminal sodomy, aggravated criminal sodomy or any attempted sexual assault.
    -- the killing of a law enforcement officer.
    -- the killing of more than one person.
    -- the killing of a child younger than 14 in the kidnapping or aggravated kidnapping of the child with the intent to commit a sex offense.

    Nine of the 10 men are housed at the El Dorado Correctional Facility.

    The 10th man, who was convicted of killing a county sheriff, is housed at the Lansing Correctional Facility because a number of the sheriff's friends and family are employed at the El Dorado facility, the Kansas Corrections Department said.

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    1 defendant, not 3, face charges in Junction City Christmastime killings

    By Steve Fry
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    JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (WIBW) -- When a capital murder case started Tuesday in a Geary County District Courtroom, only one man, Dion Jamel Green, sat at the defense table facing a judge.

    Green, 33, who is charged with two counts of capital murder, will return to court in Junction City on Aug. 14 for a preliminary hearing. Green also is scheduled to appear at a motion hearing or status hearing on April 11.

    Charges alleging links to the deaths of Jenna Schafer, 31, and her unborn baby have been dismissed against two other men, according to Geary County District Court and Geary County Jail records on Tuesday.

    The charge of capital murder against Mashaun Jay Baker, 33, of Junction City, was dismissed on Feb. 21, according to the court.

    A charge of conspiracy to commit capital murder has been dismissed in the case of Jeremiah Joseph Grubb. Grubb, 37, was released from Geary County Jail on Jan. 31 after a $2,500 cash or surety bond was posted on one count of stalking, according to jail records.

    Green is charged with one count of capital murder in the shooting death of Schafer and a second count of capital murder in the killing of her unborn child.

    The killings occurred either on Christmas Day 2018 or Christmas eve day, court records say.

    As Green faced the judge on Tuesday, Schafer's mother, brother and a sister-in-law sat in the courtroom a short distance from him.

    Security was heavy in the courtroom. Four Geary County sheriff's deputies stood behind and to one side of Green, and other law enforcement officers sat across the room.

    In one motion, defense attorneys sought permission for Green to wear civilian clothing in future hearings, saying that wearing jail garb during pre-trial hearings would prejudice Green. On Tuesday, he wore orange coveralls and crocks in court.

    Geary County Magistrate Judge Charles Zimmerman granted the clothing request.

    The defense also asked that Green be allowed to appear in court without visible restraints, such as a leg brace or "shock belt," rather than handcuffs. Green will wear visible restraints during court hearings, the judge said.

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    Junction City man sentenced to two life terms for first degree felony murder

    Published: Nov. 5, 2020 at 6:03 PM GMT
    JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - A Junction City man has been sentenced to two life terms for two counts of first-degree felony murder.

    Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says a Junction City man has been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole for 50 years for two counts of first-degree felony murder.

    According to Schmidt, Dion Jamal Green, 35, was sentenced in Geary County District Court by District Judge Steven L. Hornbaker. He said Green pleaded guilty to June charges in connection with the December 2018 deaths of Jenna Schafer, of Junction City, and her unborn child.

    Schmidt said the case was investigated by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Geary Co. Sheriff’s Office and the Junction City Police Department. He said Deputy Attorney General Vic Braden and Assistant Solicitor General Michael R. Serra and Assistant Geary Co. Attorney Jason B. Oxford prosecuted the case.

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