HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Wichita woman was sentenced to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to providing the weapon that was used to kill three people in rural Harvey County nearly four years ago.
Thirty-five-year old Myrta Rangel had entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court to one count of giving a gun to a person she knew would use it in a drug trafficking crime and one count of giving a gun to a person she knew was a previously convicted felon.
Rangel admitted she took part in a drug trafficking conspiracy including Jereme Nelson and others. Nelson and Rangel went to a home in rural Harvey County to collect a drug debt. Nelson shot 33-year-old Travis Street, 37-year-old Angela Graevs, and 52-year-old Richard Prouty, at a home near Moundridge where Street and Graevs lived. They were found dead in a driveway on Oct. 30, 2016. After the killing, Rangel and Nelson fled to Mexico. Eventually, Mexican authorities returned them to the United States for prosecution.
As part of a plea agreement, Nelson pleaded guilty to intentional second-degree murder, reckless second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery, according to Harvey County Attorney David Yoder. Nelson's plea deal calls for 39 years in prison.