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Tuesday February 3, 2004
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Woman Gets Life in Prison for Son’s Death
OLATHE, Kan. (AP)--A woman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for killing her 9-year-old adopted son by wrapping him in duct tape as punishment for stealing cookies.
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Sunday September 28, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
‘You must love discipline,’ Edgar children were taught
It was the kind of conclusion a child can make.
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Friday September 26, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Father, Sitter Guilty in Boy’s Murder
OLATHE, Kan. - The adoptive father and baby sitter of a 9-year-old boy who died after being wrapped from head-to-toe in duct tape were convicted Thursday of murder and child abuse.
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Thursday September 25, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Father begins testimony in Edgar murder trial
Neil Edgar Sr. took the stand today as the defense began its case in the child-abuse murder trial of Edgar and family babysitter Chasity Boyd.
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Wednesday September 24, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Testimony: Christy Edgar said God directed punishment of children
It was God who came to Christy Edgar and gave her a new way to discipline children, she told members of her Kansas City, Kan., church.
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Tuesday September 23, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Victim’s siblings testify in Edgar trial
Brother saw boy bound with tape
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Saturday September 20, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Edgar children refused to implicate parents
Even after Neil Edgar Sr. told police that he had tied up and gagged his son Brian Edgar, three other children refused to implicate their parents in wrongdoing.
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Friday September 19, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Father told police he tied, gagged son before child died
Neil Edgar Sr. told detectives that he alone was responsible for tying and gagging his son, Brian, the night before the boy died.
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Neil and Christy Edgar:
Kansas woman pleads guilty in adopted son’s death
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A woman unexpectedly pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse Thursday just as her trial was beginning in the death of her adopted son, who suffocated after he was bound in duct tape.
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Neil and Christy Edgar:
Christy Edgar pleads guilty to murder, child abuse
Judge, defense lawyers meet about trial of her husband, babysitter
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Thursday September 18, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Jury selected for Edgar trial
Seven women and five men were picked late Wednesday afternoon to hear evidence in the murder trial of church leaders Neil and Christy Edgar and baby sitter Chasity Boyd.
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Wednesday September 17, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Jury selection begins in Edgar case
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of the parents and baby sitter of a 9-year-old Overland Park boy who died in December.
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Thursday September 4, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Judge to Let Edgar Children Testify Through Closed-Circuit Television
OLATHE, Kan. -- A judge agreed Wednesday to allow two children to testify against their former adoptive parents through closed-circuit television, rather than in a Johnson County courtroom.
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Thursday August 28, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Psychologist Says Edgar Children Would be Traumatized Facing Parents in Court
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) -- A court-appointed psychologist says the former adoptive children of Christy and Neil Edgar would suffer "significant trauma" if they have to face their parents in an upcoming murder trial.
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Sunday August 17, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Stun-gun allegations ruled out of Edgar trial
Allegations that church pastor Neil Edgar Sr. used an electric stun gun to discipline two children will not be allowed as evidence in his murder trial next month.
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Sunday July 27, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Lawyers Argue About Evidence in Edgar Case
Associated Press, July 24, 2003
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Thursday May 15, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Edgar trial pushed back to September
Kansas City Star
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Wednesday May 7, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Parents, baby sitter of Brian Edgar to be tried together
The Kansas City Star, May 5, 2003
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Wednesday April 30, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Prosecutors oppose separate trials in Edgar case
The Kansas City Star, Apr. 29, 2003
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Sunday April 20, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Lawyers for Two to Seek Separate Trials
AP, Apr. 19, 2003
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Neil and Christy Edgar:
Two defendants to seek separate trials in Edgar case
The Kansas City Star, Apr. 18, 2003
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Friday April 18, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Three charged with hogtying, killing boy are bound over for trial
The Kansas City Star, Apr. 18, 2003
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Thursday April 17, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Prosecutors present evidence in Brian Edgar’s death
The Kansas City Star, Apr. 17, 2003
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Saturday February 8, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
April preliminary hearing set in Brian Edgar murder case
The Kansas City Star, Feb. 6, 2003
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Wednesday February 5, 2003
Neil and Christy Edgar:
Minister Close To Edgars Gets Subpoena
KCTV5, Feb. 4, 2003
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