Next week, the Kansas Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal from Charles Hollingsworth III, the man serving a life sentence for hanging self-appointed
homeless lobbyist David Owen in 2006.
A press release from the state's highest court says Hollingsworth is appealing on these grounds: "Whether defendant's statements to police were voluntarily and
intelligently made and whether the court erred in permitting the state
to introduce evidence of defendant's outstanding warrant to show motive
or intent."
Earlier this year, the Kansas Supreme Court upheld first-degree murder and kidnapping convictions against Kimberly Sharp, who, in 2006, Hollingsworth called his "fiancée."
In a letter to the Pitch in 2006, Hollingsworth quoted Scripture as apparent
evidence of his jailhouse conversion and halfheartedly confessed to killing David
Owen.
Hollingsworth's hearing before the Kansas Supreme Court is scheduled for October 28 at 9 a.m."I had to kill a man to realize that the lifestyle I was living
wasn't getting me anywhere," he wrote. "I had to kill a man just to
realize that the path my father was trying lead me to was actually what
I needed to do and was ... the best move for me. I say I had to kill a
man because of killing a man I am guilty of, but of 1st degree murder,
I am not guilty of, more like reckless second/voluntary manslaughter!!"
Hollingsworth added, "I also have the hope of David Owens [sic] and many others being resurrected either to everlasting life or to judgment here in the near future (John 5:28, 29)."
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Justin: As always, great stuff. If you get the chance, grab my book from Nadia. It's at the front desk. You can really get a feel for my personality in Three Purple Darts. Except it's missing the last 4 chapters. But it has a happy ending.
Her story, "Denim and Death," incredible. I just ran into the front desk clerk at LaQuinta who was a NKC cop for 20 years. I said to him, "..this place is in the Pitch." His reply: "She killed him."
Front desk guy at Quality Inn Suites in NKC said he knew all about it too.
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