Dana Chandler sentencing date set in Topeka after guilty verdict in doublemurder trial
Apr 02, 2025
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Dana Chandler is set to be sentenced this summer in Topeka after she was found guilty earlier this year for the deaths of two people in 2002.
27 News reached out to Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay who confirmed that Chandler will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Ju
ne 2. She was found guilty in a double-murder trial on March 7 in Pottawatomie County.
Chandler was accused of killing her ex-husband Mike Sisco and his fiancé Karen Harkness in 2002. The couple were killed by gunfire in their bed.
Chandler was originally arrested in 2011 and convicted in 2012, receiving a life sentence. However, the Kansas Supreme Court later overturned the verdict after it was found the prosecutor in the case lied to the jury. A jury failed to reach a verdict on the case in 2022 during a second trial.
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A Shawnee County judge recently appointed a criminal defense attorney for Chandler in March as she works to appeal her recent murder convictions.
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