The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions and death sentence lodged earlier against Kyle Flack.
On Friday, the Supreme Court’s majority rejected all claims offered by Flack’s defense team, which presented over 10 matters for consideration. The majority rejected Flack’s statement he invoked his right to remain silent by repeatedly telling law enforcement to take him to jail during the interview process. It also rejected Flack’s constitutional challenge to the death penalty.
There were two notable exceptions to the majority’s decision. Justice Caleb Stegall concurred while departing from how the majority decided to apply part of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights on the death penalty. Justice Evelyn Wilson, meanwhile, said she would have reversed the first-degree and second-degree murder convictions, vacated the death sentence and remand for a new trial.
Flack was convicted of capital murder in 2016 for killing Kaylie Bailey, her toddler daughter Lana, as well as Steven White and Andrew Stout back in May 2013. Flack was found and arrested in Emporia. Lana Bailey’s body was ultimately found in Osage County.