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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Yahoo
Driver sentenced for crash that killed Heartspring employee
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A judge has sentenced a driver to more than 19 years in prison for a crash that killed a beloved Heartspring employee. The victim, Mandy L. Buckwalter, 43, was killed on Oct. 28, 2024, when a driver fleeing in a stolen van crashed into her Chevy Cobalt head-on near 29th and Webb Road. Katelyn Barrioz, 24, of Wichita, was arrested after being discharged from the hospital. Airbus reaches deal to acquire Spirit AeroSystems assets Police had called off the chase with Barrioz shortly before the crash. She was initially facing charges of first-degree murder, or in the alternative second-degree murder, along with fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, aggravated burglary, theft, and criminal damage to property. Two weeks ago, she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, and theft. On Monday, Judge Seth Rundle sentenced Barrioz to 230 months in prison. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Yahoo
Woman who drove wrong way on purpose, killing Heartspring worker, pleads guilty
A 24-year-old Wichita woman has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in connection with a fatal crash that killed a Heartspring employee last fall. Katelyn E. Barrioz is scheduled for sentencing April 28 on second-degree reckless murder, fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement and felony theft in the Oct. 28, 2024, death of 43-year-old Mandy Lynn Buckwalter, who worked with children with disabilities in Heartspring's therapeutic school. Barrioz entered the guilty plea to the charges at her arraignment Monday, court records show. Buckwalter died after Barrioz slammed head-on into her Chevy Cobalt with a stolen transit van during lunchtime traffic on 29th Street North near Wilderness. Authorities had been pursuing her and others prior to the collision for vehicle theft and shoplifting and followed her when she fled the parking lot of Walmart, 3030 N. Rock Road, a probable cause affidavit says. Barrioz told police that leading up to the crash she used an ounce of methamphetamine a day, had been awake for a week due to drug use and was hallucinating as she drove into oncoming traffic on purpose in a misguided attempt to get officers to call off their pursuit, the affidavit says. Woman killed in NE Wichita by driver fleeing in stolen vehicle was a 'vibrant influence' Woman charged in deadly crash told cops she drove wrong way to stop chase, affidavit says 24-year-old accused of auto theft charged with murder in crash that killed Hutchinson woman
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Yahoo
Guilty plea in crash that killed Heartspring worker
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Sentencing is scheduled for later this month for a woman who pleaded guilty in connection with a fatal crash that killed a beloved Heartspring employee. The victim, Mandy L. Buckwalter, 43, was killed on Oct. 28, 2024, when a driver fleeing in a stolen van crashed into her Chevy Cobalt head-on near 29th and Webb Road. Katelyn Barrioz, 24, of Wichita, was arrested after being discharged from the hospital. Man dies in motorcycle crash in Reno County Police had called off the chase with Barrioz shortly before the crash. She was initially facing charges of first-degree murder, or in the alternative second-degree murder, along with fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, aggravated burglary, theft, and criminal damage to property. She had been scheduled for arraignment Monday morning, but instead, she pled guilty to second-degree murder, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, and theft. Judge Seth Rundle scheduled sentencing for Barrioz for April 28. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
