Indiana Officials Ask Kansas To Extradite Hoax Suspect
Woman's Attorney Has Indicated He Would Fight Move
POSTED: 7:26 pm EDT August 7, 2003
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana officials are requesting that Kansas extradite a woman accused of committing a hoax in a missing-person case.
Indiana authorities say Donna Walker, 35, falsely claimed in July she might be Shannon Sherrill (pictured, below), who vanished at the age of 6 while she was playing outside her mother's Thorntown, Ind., home in 1986.Walker, who turned herself in to Topeka, Kan., authorities last week, is charged in Indiana with identity deception, a class D felony, and false reporting, a class A misdemeanor. Boone County Prosecutor Todd Meyer and Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter said Thursday their offices acted quickly to forward an extradition request to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. They said the request is expected to be on Sebelius' desk Friday morning.
Walker's attorney has questioned whether a crime occurred, and has indicated he will fight extradition.Officials in both states Thursday acknowledged that extradition laws and an interstate agreement would not require Sebelius to order extradition.
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Slideshow: Walker's attorney has questioned whether a crime occurred, and has indicated he will fight extradition.Officials in both states Thursday acknowledged that extradition laws and an interstate agreement would not require Sebelius to order extradition. Previous Stories:
- August 7, 2003: Prosecutor Believes Walker Playing Another Hoax
- August 6, 2003: Lawyer: Woman Wasn't Trying To Deceive Missing Person's Parents
- August 5, 2003: Lawyer To Seek Lower Bail For Missing-Child Hoax Suspect
- 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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