Lawyer To Seek Lower Bail For Missing-Child Hoax Suspect
Woman Expected To Fight Extradition To Indiana
POSTED: 4:15 pm EDT August 5,
2003
TOPEKA, Kan. -- A Kansas judge will hear arguments Wednesday on whether to reduce bail for a woman who is accused of trying to trick an Indiana couple into believing she was their long-lost daughter.
Donna Walker's attorney, Billy Rork, filed a motion Monday seeking to reduce Walker's bail from $100,000 to $10,000. Rork unsuccessfully tried to convince a judge to lower the bail during Walker's initial court hearing Friday.
Wednesday's bail hearing in Shawnee County District Court in Topeka is set for 3 p.m. Indiana officials plan to seek Walker's extradition. However, as of Tuesday morning, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius had not received such a request. Even a routine extradition can take up to a month. Rork has said he will fight extradition and has expressed doubt that Walker (pictured, above left) committed a crime.Police say Walker, 35, falsely claimed in July she might be Shannon Sherrill, who vanished at the age of 6 while she was playing outside her mother's Thorntown, Ind., home in 1986. Walker is charged in Indiana with identity deception, a class D felony, and false reporting, a class A misdemeanor.Walker, a Topeka resident, turned herself in to authorities Thursday.
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Previous Stories:
- August 5, 2003: Hoax Case Prompts Courthouse Protest
- August 2, 2003: Hoax Suspect A Former FBI Informant
- August 1, 2003: Walker Suspected Of Playing Adoption Hoax On Indy Family
- August 1, 2003: Indiana Officials Confident Walker Will Be Extradited
- August 1, 2003: Hoax Suspect's Bond Set At $100,000
- August 1, 2003: Hoax Suspect Surrenders In Kansas
- July 31, 2003: Suspect In Sherrill Hoax May Have Called After Announcement
- July 31, 2003: Hoax Suspect Accused Of Lifetime Of Deceit
- July 31, 2003: Father On Hoax: I Lost Daughter All Over Again
- July 31, 2003: Police: Claim In Missing-Person Case Was Hoax
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