Overview

• Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay identified the victims as 55-year-old Sean E. Thornton and 29-year-old Ashley T. Brown.
• Barnshaw faces two counts of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated endangering of a child, kidnapping; his bond is set at $10 million.
• Mattoon officers recovered Zabe Mendez unharmed from his mother’s stolen Lexus and seized a concealed firearm from Barnshaw during the arrest.
• Prosecutors will seek extradition from Illinois to Kansas, a process expected to take several months before Barnshaw faces trial.
• The Topeka homicide investigation remains active as authorities continue forensic examination into the victims’ causes and manner of death.