Oct 25, 2020

Update: Sex offender accused of wife's murder in Kansas

Posted Oct 25, 2020 5:02 PM
Craig Johnston-photo Sedgwick County.
Craig Johnston-photo Sedgwick County.

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating an alleged homicide released the name of the victim as 40-year-old Amber Dawn Slankard.

Shortly after 9:00 a.m. Friday, deputies were sent to 7910 E 109th Street North in rural Sedgwick County to assist EMS, according to Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Benjamin Blick.

When they arrived they found a Slankard with critical injuries.

EMS transported her to Via Christi St. Francis and she later died of her injuries.

The victim’s husband Craig Johnston, 42, was transported to Sheriff Investigations and later booked on requested charges of Second Degree Murder and violations of the Offender Registration Act, according to Blick. 

Johnston has a previous conviction from Illinois in 1997 for aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim between the age of 13-16, according to the Offender Registry.

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SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a woman and have made an arrest.

Shortly after 9:00 a.m. Friday, deputies were sent to 7910 E 109th Street North in rural Sedgwick County to assist EMS, according to Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Benjamin Blick.

When they arrived they found a 40-year-old woman with critical injuries.

EMS transported her to Via Christi St. Francis and she later died of her injuries.

The victim’s husband Craig Johnston, 42, was transported to Sheriff Investigations and later booked on requested charges of Second Degree Murder and violations of the Offender Registration Act, according to Blick. 

Johnston has a previous conviction from Illinois in 1997 for aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim between the age of 13-16, according to the Offender Registry.