JIM SUHR, Associated Press
OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has overturned a man’s conviction in his sister-in-law’s 1999 shooting death after attorneys introduced new DNA testing that implicated the man’s late brother.
The decision came during a court hearing Tuesday for Floyd Bledsoe, who was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated indecent liberties in the death of 14-year-old Camille Arfmann.
A Jefferson County Sheriff’s investigator testified that Bledsoe’s brother, Thomas, committed suicide last month after DNA evidence implicated him in Arfmann’s death. Thomas Bledsoe left behind suicide letters admitting his responsibility in the killing.
Tom Bledsoe had initially confessed to the killing before blaming his brother.
Arfmann disappeared from the mobile home she shared with Floyd Bledsoe, her sister and their two children after coming home from school.
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OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas court is considering whether to overturn a Kansas man’s conviction in his sister-in-law’s 1999 killing after new DNA testing was conducted.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 39-year-old Floyd Bledsoe appears in court Tuesday afternoon. He was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated indecent liberties in the death of 14-year-old Camille Arfmann. He’s been imprisoned for more than 16 years.
A new report finds that sperm from Arfmann’s body likely belonged to Bledsoe’s brother, Tom Bledsoe, who initially confessed before blaming Floyd Bledsoe. Tom Bledsoe was found dead of an apparent suicide soon after the DNA results were made public.
Arfmann disappeared from the mobile home she shared with Floyd Bledsoe, her sister and their two children after coming home from school.