Killer Dads: Fathers who ended their children's lives in situations involving child custody, visitation, and/or child support
KANSAS
Brown County
* Father: LEE DAVIS
Victim(s): Mehki Boone (4 years)
Date of Death: March 2013
Custodial father with history of domestic violence convicted of beating death of son. Lawsuit filed by protective mother against state agencies document a pattern of incompetence and cover ups.
Montgomery County
*Father: RANDY COONS
Victim(s): Brooklyn Coons (23 months)
Date of Death: January 2008
Girl died in home of custodial father. Girlfriend convicted of 1st-degree murder. Mother deceased. Safety concerns of maternal grandparents ignored by KS SRS.
Shawnee County
Father: JAMES KRAIG KAHLER
Victim(s): Karen Kahler (44 years), Emily Kahler (18 years), Lauren Kahler (16 years), Dorothy Wight (89 years)
Date of Death: Nov. 2009
Parents were in the process of divorcing, reportedly "sparring over children." Father convicted, sentenced to death in October 2011.
Sumner County
Father: MATT REAMES
Victim(s): Caden Michael Reames (4 years)
Date of Death: August 2009
Child asphyxiated at the home of his custodial father, who was unnamed in early news accounts. In July 2010, father lost custody of his other children, but they were returned in May 2011. No mention of how father initially gain custody or what happened to the mother. Though no charges were ever filed, police insist boy's death is still an "open investigation."
Wyandotte County
Father: MICHAEL A. JONES
Victim(s): Adrian Jones (7 years)
Date of Death: 2015
Custodial father, step charged with 1st-degree murder. Boy's body allegedly fed to hogs. Father had custody of two children from a "previous relationship," media blackout on whereabouts of mother or what happened to her.