Man charged with 1st degree murder in Lyons death

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LYONS, Kan. (AP) -- A Lyons woman who was found dead in her home had taken out a protection order last week against the man suspected in her death.

The suspect, Armando Mosqueda, 35, was scheduled to appear in Rice County court Wednesday for a hearing on the protection-from-abuse order obtained by Jeannie Jacobsen, 31, a mother of three who was found stabbed to death Sunday morning in her home.

Mosqueda was arrested Sunday in Baytown, Texas, and charged Monday with premeditated first-degree murder. He is being held without bond in Texas awaiting extradition to Kansas.

Lyons Police Chief Chris Detmer declined to provide further details on Jacobsen's death, which was the first homicide in Lyons since June 2006. The city of about 3,500 is about 90 miles northwest of Wichita.

Rice County court records indicate Jacobsen filed for a protection-from-abuse order against Mosqueda on Oct. 26 and was immediately granted a temporary order.

In seeking the protective order, Jacobsen said Mosqueda had threatened to "physically hurt (her) or a minor child on purpose," according to the court records.

Jacobsen's sister, Cynthia Jacobsen, also of Lyons, said she had warned her sister to "watch herself" because of the "off-and-on" troubled relationship with Mosqueda.

Mosqueda was already on probation for a Dec. 10, 2006, aggravated battery in Rice County involving an ex-girlfriend who had twice sought protection from him, according to Kansas Department of Corrections records.

In May 2007, Mosqueda pleaded guilty to aggravated battery against the woman. As part of a plea agreement, he was sentenced June 20, 2007, to two years of Community Corrections, an intensive form of probation.

Mosqueda had earlier served three years in prison on an aggravated battery in Rice County against a man.

Jacobsen's family said she was well-known and popular in Lyons, where she worked for at least six years as general manager of Casey's General Store.

Cynthia Jacobsen said her sister went on an annual Halloween "Treats on the Trail" nature walk Saturday night, dressing as an angel and handing out cookies to children.

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Information from: The Hutchinson News, http://www.hutchnews.com