MO - Kara Kopetsky, 17 - 2007; Jessica Runions, 21 - 2016; found deceased - *ARREST*

[Suglo]

Sorry for the late response. Was mostly referring to what he had admitted to his close friends at the time, NY, KF and FLM? on three different occasions. He hasn't admitted anything, to my knowledge, to law enforcement.

Okay that’s what I figured but was just making sure I didn’t miss anything.

 

[AliceInPain]

Still not getting over the fact his brother killed himself. I talked to him for a while and he was a sweetheart. Just a decent person. This is just sitting there killing people in his life like whatever. <modsnip>

 

[AliceInPain]

Just wanted to add we connected at Myspace many years ago and through music, years before Jessica disappeared but maybe around the time Kara vanished. He never mentioned he had a brother.

 

[blankenship]

Just wanted to add we connected at Myspace many years ago and through music, years before Jessica disappeared but maybe around the time Kara vanished. He never mentioned he had a brother.

This is Kylr Yust's brother you speak of?

 

[Niner]

Monday, June 3rd:
*Case Review Hearing (@ 1:30pm CT) – MO – Kara Elise Kopetsky (17) (May 4, 2007) & Jessica S. Runions (21) (Sept. 8, 2016) – *Kylr Charles Yust (29/18 in 2007) indicted (3/1/18) & arraigned (6/18/18) on 2 counts of 1st degree & 2 counts of abandonment of a corpse. Plead not guilty. $1M cash only bond; originally charged with burning Jessica’s car.
Trial was set to begin 10/23/17 rescheduled for 11/4/19; felony charges for arson dismissed on Oct. 5, 2017. Trial starts on 11/4/19.
3/1/18: waived his prelim hearings. 6/18: Arraignment. 7/18/18: Motion hearing held. Parties pass on the Change of Venue motion. Court denies Motion for defendant to change to civilian clothes for pre-trial hearings. 10/1/18: Change of venue & trial date set. Jury selection on 10/31/19, trial set for 11/4/19 & should run 2 weeks. Trial will be held in Cass County & jurors will be from St. Charles County. Status hearing on 1/22/19.
1/22/19 Update: Had motion hearing on 2/22 re Discovery/DNA. Case Review hearing on 4/15. Trial set for 11/4/19. 4/15/19: Case review hearing continued to 6/3.

 

[FleurQualia]

Ugh. I am so annoyed he pled not guilty. Dude, you are going down.

 

[Vail]

17CA-CR00957-01 - ST V KYLR CHARLES YUST (E-CASE)

Pre-trial Conference Scheduled
Scheduled For: 06/17/2019; 1:30 PM ; WILLIAM B COLLINS; Cass
Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Hearing Continued From: 06/03/2019; 1:30 PM Case Review

 

[Niner]

Thank you Vail!

 

[Niner]

Monday, June 17th:
*Case Review Hearing (@ 1:30pm CT) – MO – Kara Elise Kopetsky (17) (May 4, 2007) & Jessica S. Runions (21) (Sept. 8, 2016) – *Kylr Charles Yust (29/18 in 2007) indicted (3/1/18) & arraigned (6/18/18) on 2 counts of 1st degree & 2 counts of abandonment of a corpse. Plead not guilty. $1M cash only bond; originally charged with burning Jessica’s car. Felony charges for arson dismissed on Oct. 5, 2017.
Trial starts on 11/4/19. Jury selection starts 10/31/19. Trial should run 2 weeks. Held in Cass County, jurors from St. Charles County.
3/1/18: waived his prelim hearings. 6/18: Arraignment. 7/18/18: Motion hearing held. Parties pass on the Change of Venue motion. Court denies Motion for defendant to change to civilian clothes for pre-trial hearings. 10/1/18: Change of venue & trial date set. Jury selection on 10/31/19, trial set for 11/4/19 & should run 2 weeks. Trial will be held in Cass County & jurors will be from St. Charles County. Status hearing on 1/22/19.
1/22/19 Update: Had motion hearing on 2/22 re Discovery/DNA. Case Review hearing on 4/15. Trial set for 11/4/19. 4/15/19: Case review hearing continued to 6/3. 6/3/19: Hearing rescheduled to 6/17.

 

[Vail]

Interesting.

06/17/2019 Order
Court Order to Produce Jail Records of Jessep Carter
Associated Entries: 06/07/2019 - Motion Filed
Order
Court Order for Jessep Carter's Jail Records
Associated Entries: 06/07/2019 - Motion Filed
Order
Court Order for Cell Assignments of the Housing Unit in Which Jessep Carter was Incarcerated
Associated Entries: 06/07/2019 - Motion Filed
Order
Court Order for Jessep Carter's Arrest Records
Associated Entries: 06/07/2019 - Motion Filed
Order
Court Order for Kylr Yust's Arrest Records
Associated Entries: 06/07/2019 - Motion Filed

 

[Niner]

So this Jessep Carter is/was a cell mate? Going to snitch?!

 

[Daisy47]

So this Jessep Carter is/was a cell mate? Going to snitch?!

Jessep was Kylr’s brother. Imo the defense plans to try to pin Jessica’s murder on Jessep. (But that’s just my opinion).

 

[Niner]

Jessep was Kylr’s brother. Imo the defense plans to try to pin Jessica’s murder on Jessep. (But that’s just my opinion).

Ah! Thank you - now I remember...

 

[Niner]

@Vail - any new court dates? TIA!

 

[Niner]

Bumping up for @Vail - any updates for Yust?

TIA!

 

[Dre]

Kylr Yust trail set to begin fall 2019
Trial and jury selection for
Killer Yust begins November 4th 2019
ETA: was going to edit the auto corrected name but decided to leave it given the situation..

 

[TristanP]

Kylr Yust trail set to begin fall 2019
Trial and jury selection for
Killer Yust begins November 4th 2019
ETA: was going to edit the auto corrected name but decided to leave it given the situation..

I live close enough that I might try to attend some of this trial.

 

[Vail]

Bumping up for @Vail - any updates for Yust?

TIA!

Thank you for the reminder! The next event is a case review on Sept 3 at 1:30pm

 

[Niner]

Thank you Vail!

 

[Vail]

https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/melinda-henneberger/article234037967.html

After 32-year-old Jessep S. Carter, who could have been a key witness in his half-brother Kylr Yust’s upcoming murder trial, committed suicide in the Jackson County jail in September of 2018, the families of Yust’s alleged victims worried about how his death might compromise the case. “I remember getting the call” that he’d died, (Jackson County Prosecutor Jean)Baker said, “and saying, ‘Not him!’ ‘’

...

Carter said he wanted the families of his brother’s victims “to feel better at night that he’s finally put away. I’m not OK, and my family is not OK with anything that he did.” He didn’t want that enough to stick around and testify, though. (opinion of the journalist)

With Yust’s trial set to start in Cass County in late October, Baker didn’t want to talk about the extent to which the case might have been hurt by Carter’s death. According to charging documents, Yust told at least three other friends that he’d choked Kopetsky to death, and told a fourth that he’d “snapped and something bad had happened to her.”

“Jessep was a guy that had a whole string of problems himself,” Baker said. He was in jail on an unrelated arson charge when he died, at different points had two protective orders taken out against him, and “was a witness that was always a little bit problematic. He came with a full bag of pros and cons.” And now? “Now,” Baker said, “they work with one less problematic witness.”