Overview

• Barnshaw appeared July 24 in a Coles County court to challenge a governor’s warrant requesting his return to Kansas.
• Charging documents allege he killed his sister, Ashley T. Brown, and relative Sean E. Thornton at a Topeka home on July 20.
• He also faces charges of aggravated burglary, child endangerment and the July 18 abduction of his two-year-old nephew, Zabe Mendez.
• Zabe was rescued unharmed in Mattoon, Illinois, on July 22 after police stopped a vehicle stolen from the boy’s mother and arrested Barnshaw.
• His bond remains at $10 million, and authorities warn extradition could take months unless he waives his right to contest the transfer.