UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, April 9, 1996
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Community not informed of murderer in their midst
The Associated Press
PITTSBURG — in the wake of the killing of a Pittsburg State University student by a paroled murderer, some citizens are wondering why they weren't notified that he was in their community.
Under Kansas law, local law enforcement officials are notified when a rapist is paroled and moves into a community, but the same law does not apply to convicted murderers.
Gary Kleypas, 40, who was paroled in a second-degree murder sentence in Missouri, has been charged with first-degree murder, rape and other crimes in the March 30 slaying of Carrie Williams, 20, who lived a few doors from Kleypas. Both were Pittsburg State students, Kleypas in nursing.
Unlike violent sex offenders, paroled murderers are not required to register with local law enforcement agencies in Kansas.
Also, the Kansas Department of Corrections, which supervises parolees, makes it a policy not to disclose the addresses of the 5,400 offenders under its supervision, the
Some of Williams' neighbors wonder how the state's criminal justice system could allow a paroled killer to blend so easily into a quiet college community.
Wichita Eagle reported.
Others wonder where the state should draw the line as it tries to weigh public safety concerns with the privacy rights of parolees who are trying to return to society.
Department of Corrections representative Bill Miskell said the department provided monthly lists of parolees to law enforcement agencies where those offenders
live.
Each list, Miskell said, included the name of the offender, the county in which the offender was convicted and the nature of the offense if it occurred in Kansas. For out-of-state parolees who move into Kansas, the list does not include the type of crime, but includes the names of each offender's parole officer. Miskell said that allowed a law enforcement agency to learn a parolee's address or the offense committed by an out-of-state parolee.
Miskell said people who wanted to
know about a specific offender's background could find out by contacting the local parole office. But he said the public could not look up the addresses of parolees.
Kleypas' name was on a list of 43 that the Department of Corrections supplied this month to the Crawford County sheriff's office.
Because he was paroled in Missouri, the list did not include the fact that he had been convicted in the beating death of an elderly woman in Galena, Mo., in 1977, or Kleypas' street address. It just stated that he was living in Crawford County.
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