GREAT BEND – After a Barton County judge in a Capital Murder case in Great Bend ordered that some defendants priviledges should be severed, he has now filed a motion asking that those priviledges be reinstated.
36-year-old Adam Longoria is charged in the death of a 14-year-old Alicia Debolt. Charges include capital murder, attenpted rape, indecent solicitation of a child, theft and burglary.
He allegedly killed DeBolt, then burned her body at an asphalt plant where he worked near Great Bend. That was on August 14, of 2010.
Judge Hannelore Kitts ordered that his telephone and visitation priviledges be severed, except for his immediate family, who are allowed to visit with him after contacting his lawyers to set up visitation at the Sedgwick County jail.
Also, any mail sent from or received by the defendant shall be collected by jail personnel and screened by the defendants counsel, Jeff Wicks or Tim Frieden, to ensure the defendant is complying with the court’s order.
According to the motion asking for reinstatment, they argue that sufficient time has passed to make clear to Longoria that his actions have ramifications. They also say they have spoken with Sedgwick County Jail Adminsitration and determined manners in which his priviledges could be reinstated with the least concern to the court for further issues to develop, should the court deny the request to fully lift the restrictions now in place.
They also have made the client aware that if the restrictions were lifted and the “gag order,” in the case is violated, this would most likely result in the restrictions being reinstated and very little chance of them being lifted again.
The restrictions came after reports came in of the defendant making statements two area television stations and a Wichita newspaper. He apparently commented on male DNA found in the victims mouth that didn’t match his, but the state contributes that to contamination caused by the handling of the body or other environmental factors.
Longoria apparently told the stations that he is not the killer and that the real killer is on the loose. The state called those statements, “disgraceful.”
Longoria is being housed in the Sedgwick County jail on 1.5-million dollar bond.
The case is scheduled for a preliminary hearing, and motions such as this could be taken up at that time.
