HUTCHINSON — A teenager charged as an adult in the deaths of his mother and 11-year-old sister in a 2013 house fire was described Tuesday by a prosecutor as a scheming psychopath, with a defense attorney countering to jurors that his defendant has a mental defect.
Testimony began in the Reno County trial of Samuel Vonachen, who is charged with two premeditated first-degree murder counts related to the Hutchinson blaze that killed 11-year-old Audrey Vonachen and their mother, 47-year-old Karla Jo Vonachen. He’s also charged with attempted murder and aggravated ...
