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Kan. teen accused of murder to receive another mental evaluation

Sam Vonachen
Sam Vonachen

HUTCHINSON -A Kansas teen charged with two counts of first-degree murder and aggravated arson was back in court on Monday over a request by the state for a status hearing.

Samuel Vonachen is accused of setting a fire to his family’s home which in September 2013. The blaze killed his mother and sister.

He was 14 at the time and the state has charged him as an adult for those crimes.

Judge Trish Rose heard a request by the state for another mental evaluation to be completed on the defendant, following a report on evaluation done by the defense.

The judge placed the contents of that report under seal.

She also granted the state’s request for two psychologists from Wichita do the examination. The report on that mental examination will be required to be presented to the court by Dec. 31. It will also be placed under seal.

The case is scheduled for a jury trial in 2016.

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