At least Kansas has the death penalty. I hope for the family’s sake, the “accused” will not have a team of ACLU lawyers to challenge every motion and pleading before trial, and the sentence afterwards for 20 years.
Does Missouri have the death penalty in case it turns out the crime happened there?
There are two states having jurisdiction as well as the federal government. If the evidence indicates that the actual murder occured in Missouri and if this is a capital crime under their laws then I have no problem with then trying him in Jackson County. Missouri actually executes the people on death row. To date the feds and my own state of Kansas have been reluctant to.
It could also be a federal death penalty case because of kidnapping. She was obviously taken across state lines.