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AHS Teacher Killed Today

Bodies found near vehicle in field off K-96 & Greenwich; one suspect caught this morning

By Roxana Hegeman-Associated Press Writer

Wichita, Kansas - Four people were killed and another critically wounded in a shooting early Friday in northeast Wichita - the city's second multiple homicide in eight days.

One suspect in the shooting was in custody by mid-morning, Police Capt. Robert Lee said.

Three victims were found dead about 2:30 a.m. near a car in a field about 100 yards from the Greenwich Road exit on Kansas Highway 96 on the city's outskirts, Lee said.

A fourth victim was taken from the scene to a Wichita hospital more than three hours later but died at the hospital. Lee declined to explain the delay in transporting the victim, saying that emergency medics had made the determination.

By the time dawn broke, police had isolated numerous crime scenes throughout the city; the house from where the victims were abducted, a Wichita bank, the remote field where the bodies were found, a house near the murder scene where one of the victims ran for help, and an apartment complex near Wichita State University where the suspects' truck was located.

"This is a tragedy for our community," Lee said.

At a 10 a.m. briefing, police said the dead included three men and a woman, all in their 20s. Another woman, 25, survived the shooting, Lee said. No identities were released.

Authorities were investigating the incident as a home robbery with an abduction.

"We don't believe they voluntarily came out here," Lee said.

Police said the surviving victim apparently escaped and ran to the nearest house about a quarter-mile away to call for help. She was in critical condition at Wesley Medical Center.

Investigators still were at the scenes before dawn. Lee said although it was too early to speculate on a motive, he did not believe the deaths were related to those of four people found shot to death Dec. 7 in a Wichita home, also in the northeast part of the city but about five miles from Friday's shooting. Augusta Daily Gazette - Weekend Edition - Dec. 15 - 17, 2000 ~ Transcribed by Diana Herrman

Brothers charged, bonds set at $10 million

Judge sets preliminary hearing Jan. 2

Wichita, Kan. (AP) - Two brothers appeared in court Monday on murder charges in the deaths of four people shot after being abducted from a Wichita town house last week.

Sedgwick County District Judge Clark Owens set bonds at $10 million each for Reginald Carr, 23, of Dodge city, and his brother, Jonathan, 20. The younger Carr, also from Dodge City, had been living in Wichita recently.

The judge scheduled a preliminary hearing for Jan. 2 at 9 a.m.

The Carrs were arrested Friday, within hours after the discovery of Wichita's second quadruple homicide in just over a week. In addition to four counts each of first-degree murder, they are charged with five of aggravated robbery, five of aggravated kidnapping and one of attempted first-degree murder.

The latter charge involves the shooting of a woman who survived the attack and walked naked and barefoot through the snow to seek help, ringing a doorbell at 2:30 a.m. to awake a couple.

Information she provided to police led to the quick arrest of the two suspects. Augusta Daily Gazette, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000 ~ Transcribed by Diana Herrman

Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday for slain school teacher at church in Pratt

Jason Wayne Befort, 26, Wichita, one of the four victims of last Friday's shooting in Wichita, will be laid to rest Thursday following a funeral service at the First United Methodist Church in Pratt.

He was a teacher at Augusta High School.

That service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at the church with Rev. James Dieker officiating. The casket will remain closed.

Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery at Pratt.

A vigil service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pratt.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Jason W. Befort Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of the Ayres-Calbeck Funeral Home at Pratt.

Befort was born Oct. 31, 1974 in Pratt, to Ken D. and Lois J. Fisher Befort, who survive.

He was a science teacher at Augusta High School, Augusta. He also coached middle school football, junior varsity basketball and track.

Friends may sign the register book at Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary, 115 E. Fourth, Pratt.

He graduated from Pratt High in 1993 and attended Pratt Community Junior College one year and transferred to Kansas State University, graduated in 1998, with a degree in education, and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and a member of KSU Alumni Association. He was also a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pratt.

He is survived by his parents; brother and sister-in-law, Mark and Lisa Befort of Pratt; sister and brother-in-law Kim and Ken Voss of Mulvane; nephews, Trey and Trent Befort; and nieces, Kelsie, Kylie and Macie Voss.

Jason was preceded in death by his grandparents, Cy and Clara Befort and Earnest and Vera Fisher.

Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary in Pratt is in charge of arrangements. Augusta Daily Gazette, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000 ~ Transcribed by Diana Herrman