Steven L. Hanks, 70, was sentenced to prison 44 years after shooting Mary Robin Walter to death in her Great Bend, Kansas, trailer home.
A convicted rapist was sentenced to at least 10 years behind bars Thursday for the 1980 murder of his neighbor — closing the book on Kansas’ oldest cold case.
Steven L. Hanks, 70, was brought to justice 44 years after gunning down Mary Robin Walter, 23, in her Great Bend trailer home.
“It bothers me that many of the people who were so affected by this tragic crime have since passed away prior to bringing the suspect to justice,” Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir said in a statement Friday.
“I consider myself fortunate that I had the resources and the diligent personnel to close this case.
