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Western Kan. sheriff’s deputy charged with murder, child abuse

Kansas attorney generalJETMORE, Kan. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in western Kansas man has been charged with killing his 2-month-old son.

The Kansas attorney general’s office announced Friday in a news release that 30-year-old Kody Lee Hanson has been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse. Bond has been set at $250,000 cash or surety.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported last week when Hanson was arrested that he worked for the Hodgeman County Sheriff’s Office. The criminal complaint says Hanson abused the child April 7. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced previously that the boy died at a Wichita hospital.

Hanson is scheduled to appear Monday in Hodgeman County District Court. A spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office didn’t immediately return phone calls or emails from The Associated Press asking whether Hanson had an attorney.

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