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Kansas man charged with murdering burned teen

The Columbian
Published: September 7, 2010, 12:00am

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — A 36-year-old Kansas man has been charged with capital murder and criminal sodomy in the death of a 14-year-old girl whose burned body was found behind an asphalt plant where he worked.

Adam Joseph Longoria was charged Tuesday in the August death of Alicia DeBolt. He also was charged with vehicular theft and vehicular burglary.

Bond for Longoria was increased to $1.5 million during the brief hearing at the Barton County Courthouse.

Alicia left her Great Bend home on Aug. 21 to go to a party and her family reported her missing the next afternoon. Her badly burned body was found on Aug. 24. Authorities have not said how she died.

Longoria is being represented by an attorney with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit.

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