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Man sentenced to life in prison for Medicine Lodge killing

Published October 16, 2021 8:55 AM

MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. (AP) — A 35-year-old Medicine Lodge man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman last summer. Clinton Wayne Rogers was sentenced Friday in Barber County District Court after he pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to first-degree murder. Prosecutors said Rogers killed 61-year-old Joyce Foulkrod in July 2020. A family member found Foulkrod dead in her home. Rogers fled and was arrested in Montana in August 2020 on a warrant for theft in Kingman County. Authorities said he stole a truck in Kingman County while fleeing to Montana.

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