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LEAWOOD — Prosecutors yesterday charged a 29-year-old Connecticut man with the slaying of a teenager whose death captivated the Kansas City area.
Police in Connecticut arrested Benjamin Appleby, of Bantam, Conn., on Monday, and he later confessed to the attempted rape and murder in June 2002 of Ali Kemp in Leawood, according to an application for an arrest warrant filed by Connecticut State Police.
Yesterday prosecutors in Johnson County charged Appleby with first-degree murder in the death of Kemp, a 19-year-old student at Kansas State University who was working at a swimming pool in the Kansas City suburb.
"I never thought we wouldn't get this predator," said Roger Kemp, Ali's father. "And we got him. We wanted him and we wanted him bad. We say this is our guy."
Appleby could face the death penalty, Johnson County District Attorney Paul Morrison said. Appleby, held on a $1 million bond, waived extradition to Kansas and is expected to arrive in the next two days, Morrison said.
State police picked up Appleby on Monday on an unrelated warrant from 1997, when Appleby lived in Connecticut under the alias of Teddy Hoover II, police said. Those charges
Appleby told Connecticut police that Teddy L. Hoover II was the name of a friend who had died. Leaward police contacted Connecticut police after learning that Appleby's longtime girlfriend was living in Bantam, and he appeared to be receiving mail at her address.
include risk of injury, disorderly conduct and public indecency, state police said.
While in custody, Appleby was questioned about the beating death of Kemp, who was suffering from a severe head injury when she was found in June 2002 in the pool room of a neighborhood swimming pool.
"He did provide information and evidence that caused Kansas detectives to conclude that this accused was to be charged," Connecticut State Police said in a statement.
Appleby has been arrested five times in Missouri and convicted on four of seven felony charges, according to the Connecticut warrant application. The charges include first-degree robbery and armed criminal action in 1992, second-degree robbery and second-degree burglary in 1993, sexual misconduct in 1994 and indecent exposure in 1996, according to the application, which does not list his convictions.
His record also included four misdeanor charges, for which he was never convicted, and one local ordinance charge.
Morrison said Appleby had
SOME KEY DATES IN THE ALI KEMP HOMICIDE CASE
June 18: Ali Kemp, 19, of Leawood, dies after being found injured in the pump room of a neighborhood pool, where she worked as an attendant. June 23: More than 1,200 people attend Kemp's funeral.
2002:
July 3: Leawood City Council doubles reward fund in Kemp's homicide, raising the total to $50,000.
Aug. 3: Story on case airs on "America's Most Wanted," bringing in hundreds of tips; story is repeated in April 2003, bringing in more tips.
2003:
Feb. 19: Billboards erected throughout Kansas City area with sketch of suspect.
April 9: Kemp family takes out the first of two ads in USA Today, prompting another flood of tips.
May 24: Pool where Kemp worked is reopened; it had been closed since her death.
2004:
Nov. 8: Suspect Benjamin Applaby, 29, of Bantam, Conn., arrested in Connecticut.
Connecticut
Nov. 9: Anpleby charged with first-degree murder in Kemp's death
family in the Leawood area and had a small pool-cleaning business when Kemp was killed. The Connecticut warrant application said Appleby's father lived in Kansas.
Kemp's killing attracted widespread media attention, due in part to the relentless efforts of her family to keep the case in the public eye. The Kemp family and others offered a total of $50,000 in reward money for tips that led to the arrest of her killer.
Leawood police Maj. Craig Hill said he met with Roger Kemp on Monday night. "I saw a heart filled with sorrow, but it
was also filled with joy," Craig said.
In the application for an arrest warrant, Connecticut police said detectives from Leawood asked for their assistance getting a DNA sample from Appleby. Police wanted to test his DNA against blood found at the scene of Kemp's death, including blood found on her shirt and bra.
Police have that sample, according to the application for the warrant, but testing was incomplete when it was filed yesterday. Morrison declined to comment about the DNA evidence yesterday.
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