TOPEKA — Authorities have found a possible bomb while serving a search warrant at the home of one of the three suspects in a double homicide in Topeka.
Topeka police Lt. Andrew Beightel says the discovery was made Thursday as officers searched for evidence related to the killings of 28-year-old Lisa Sportsman and her cousin, 17-year-old Jesse Polinskey, in the small Washington County town of Greenleaf. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that details about the suspicious item weren’t made available Thursday afternoon.
Police say the two victims were pronounced dead Monday at a residence in Topeka’s Hi-Crest neighborhood after paramedics arrived. Police say they had been stabbed and beaten to death.
Sportsman’s estranged husband and two other suspects were arrested Monday afternoon during a traffic stop in Topeka.
