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Edwin R. "Jack" Hall charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a 14 year old girlOlathe, KS - Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline today filed
new and separate charges against Edwin R. "Jack" Hall, who is currently
charged with premeditated first degree murder in the death of Kelsey
Smith. Kelsey Smith disappeared on June 2, 2007, when the state alleges
she was kidnapped from the front of a department store in Overland Park,
Kansas. Smith's body was found on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 in a park
near Grandview, Missouri.Hall was arrested later that same day.
Today, Kline charged Hall with two counts of aggravated indecent
liberties for is involvement in a sexual relationship in 2004 with a
girl who was only 14 years at the time, while Hall was 23 years old.
Kline alleges the sexual relationship with the minor victim took place
in July 2004 in Olathe, Kansas.Aggravated Indecent Liberties is a severity level 3 person felony and
Hall faces 55 to 61 months on each count.Hall already faces 25 years to life for the premeditated first degree
murder charge relating to Kelsey Smith's death. Kline also charged Hall
with aggravated kidnapping in Smith's disappearance. Hall faces 147-165
months in prison for that charge.Hall's preliminary hearing is set for August 15, 2007 and a motion
hearing is scheduled for July 13, 2007 at 11:00 am.The charges are merely allegations and Edwin Hall is presumed innocent
until proven guilty in a court of law.
-- Eric Barton









ok I am having a problem with the new charges why didnt this girl and her family go after him for this before this happend? why do they pick now to stand up for what happend 4 years ago? i mean if it was your daughter you wouldnt wait 4 years I think its bull. I hope the court throws this new charge out and sticks to what happened to Smith thats the case at hand. and I am in no way sticking up for Hall.
Posted at: July 9, 2007 7:05 PM