The Delphi Murders: The Kegan Kline Sentencing Hearing That Wasn't
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🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Kegan Kline's sentencing hearing was scheduled today. The 29-year-old Indiana native had already plead guilty to 25 charges around child sexual abuse materials. But Kline wasn't sentenced. In fact, he may be preparing to revoke his guilty plea.
What is going on here? We'll chat about everything that went down today, and what we might be seeing in the future with this case.
Our episode on the prosecution's sentencing request: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/1ddb3980-9531-409a-be3e-d1f46b28299c
Thanks to the Peru Library!
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| 0:00.0 | Content warning, this episode contains discussion of the sexual abuse of children, including child sexual abuse materials. |
| 0:09.0 | So today is May 18th, 2023. This is the date that was scheduled for Kagan Klein to receive his sentence on the counts that he pled guilty to last month. |
| 0:22.0 | We went to that hearing today in Peru, Indiana, actually we're still in Peru, Indiana. |
| 0:28.0 | And very, very briefly, what happened? |
| 0:32.0 | Well, there was no sentencing hearing. Kagan didn't get sentenced. Basically what happened was the defense got a continuance, and we'll have to check back in July to see basically what happens. |
| 0:45.0 | So what happened? What does this all mean? Well, we were here, we were here for the whole thing, and we're trying to talk east through all of our experiences. |
| 0:54.0 | And what it means for Kagan Klein's case going forward. |
| 0:59.0 | My name is Anya Cain. I'm a journalist. And I'm Kevin Greenley. I'm an attorney. |
| 1:06.0 | We first connected while looking into the Bergerchef murders, an Indiana cold case. Together, we built a spreadsheet documenting hundreds of cases of restaurant-related homicides. |
| 1:18.0 | That original spreadsheet gave way to our podcast, the murder sheet. |
| 1:24.0 | Now we maintain that same research-centric investigative approach is we look into all sorts of homicides, including unsolved cases, historical crimes, and of course, restaurant murders. |
| 1:39.0 | We don't just chat about the headlines. Our podcast is a platform for our journalism. |
| 1:46.0 | The murder sheet focuses on investigative reporting, thoughtful analysis, thorough research, and in-depth interviews. |
| 1:54.0 | Where the murder sheet, and this is... |
| 1:57.0 | The Delphine Murders, the Kagan Klein sentencing hearing that wasn't. |
| 2:09.0 | The Delphine Murders, the Kagan Klein Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein. |
| 2:16.0 | The Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein. |
| 2:23.0 | The Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein, the Kagan Klein. |
| 2:30.0 | So I guess the first indication that you and I got that maybe things wouldn't proceed quite as planned was last night. |
| 2:59.0 | What occurred was you may remember, I think it was last Tuesday, that we did an episode that featured some comments from Kagan Klein's ex-girlfriend. |
| 3:11.0 | With our permission, one of the local news affiliates ran a news story about that interview and shared some of the information from it. |
| 3:21.0 | Kagan contacted us via text to share his concerns about that. |
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