OTTAWA — In his opening statement this morning, Franklin County Attorney Stephen Hunting described how Kaylie Bailey, her 18-month-old daughter, Lana Bailey, Andrew Stout and Steven White were all killed by a shotgun three years ago at a farmstead near Richter. The shotgun was found in the Emporia area, he said. The DNA of Kyle Flack, who has been charged with their murders, was all over the shotgun, he said. Hunting’s opening statement was an hour and a half long and was almost clinical in detail in describing their deaths. Hunting didn’t discuss why they were killed. The opening statement by attorneys for Flack took about 10 minutes and they said the prosecution’s case was entirely circumstantial. The first body, that of Steven White, was found May 6 at the farmstead. The last found was that of Lana Bailey, whose body was found May 11 in a black suitcase tossed into a creek bed in Osage County. With the exception of the little girl, all of the bodies were concealed at various locations at the farmstead. Today’s testimony noted that deputies checked the farmstead twice after family members expressed alarm after the victims disappeared. Deputies performed a more thorough search after a friend found the hidden body of White. If convicted, Flack faces the death penalty in the deaths of Bailey and her daughter. The first witness, sheriff’s detective Tammy Alexander, began testifying just prior to a lunch break. As part of her testimony this afternoon, Alexander played a nearly-hour-long video of her first interview of Flack following the discovery of the murders. In the video, Flack mentioned the shotgun believed to be the murder weapon. In the video, Flack told Alexander that he and Stout often used the shotgun for target shooting. Flack also told her that Stout sold marijuana at the farmstead where the four died and that many people often came to the house to buy marijuana. Her testimony was to continue through the afternoon.
Monday, March 7, 1 p.m.; updated 3 p.m.
