TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The defense has rested its case in the Topeka trial of an Oklahoma woman accused of killing her ex-husband and his fiancee in 2002.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a former neighbor was among the last witnesses to testify Wednesday in the trial of 51-year-old Dana L. Chandler, of Duncan, Okla.
The neighbor, Ken Crockett, told jurors that one of the victims, 53-year-old Karen Harkness, sometimes left open her garage and front doors while taking walks.
Chandler is charged with two counts of premeditated first-degree murder in the slayings of Harkness and 47-year-old Mike Sisco. They were found dead in Harkness’s home.
Prosecutors allege Chandler shot the two after Sisco told her he planned to marry Harkness. Chandler was arrested in Oklahoma last July.
Closing arguments are scheduled Thursday.
