Families mourn slain Wichita couple
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Prosecutors are considering whether to file charges against two teenagers suspected in the killing a couple whose bodies were discovered at their Wichita home on Thanksgiving day.
On Monday, detectives escorted somber-faced relatives into the home for the first time since the bodies of Jessie Foust, 25, who planned to become a social worker, and 26-year-old Pharon Adrian Jackson, who performed as a rapper, were found last week.
The couple's 4-year-old and 18-month-old sons were found unhurt and wandering around the house where the bodies had been lying for hours.
The 4-year-old boy gave police a statement, Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz said.
"I don't think any of us can fathom" what the children went through, Stolz said. "I don't think we can quantify ... the tragedy here." The children were staying with relatives.
Stolz said Jackson was believed to have known both suspects, and was involved with one of them in an earlier transaction involving a gun.
Police on Saturday arrested an 18-year-old from Sumner County and a 17-year-old from Wichita as suspects in the killings. Police say theft appears to be the motive. Some items stolen from the house have been recovered.
Police have confiscated more than one gun, although the two victims appear to have been shot with the same weapon, Stolz said. There was no sign of forced entry, but police found indications of a struggle inside the home.
Vincent Foust says his niece and Jackson had been together about three years.
Jackson's mother, Iris Jackson, said her son "got along with everybody." He sometimes performed at benefit concerts and used to be a youth counselor.
Jessie Foust was majoring in social work at Wichita State University and was to graduate in December, Wichita State spokesman Joe Kleinsasser said.
"She was going into social work to help people," Vincent Foust said. "That's the kind of person she was. She would never hurt a flea."
The family would like the university to award Foust her diploma, saying it would mean a lot to them.
As for the couple's two young sons, he said, "They have kind of a tough road ahead of them, but they have a lot of family to help."
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Information from: The Wichita Eagle, www.kansas.com