Attorney General gets guilty verdict in El Dorado murder

February 12, 2010 -- Attorney General Steve Six announced today that a jury in Butler County found Israel Mireles guilty of murdering Emily Sander in late 2007.
 
Six personally prosecuted Mireles for the capital murder of Sander. The jury also found Mireles guilty of one count rape and one count aggravated criminal sodomy.
 
Mireles brutally murdered Sander in his motel room in November 2007 after an evening of drinking at a local bar. He then dumped her body 50 miles away and disposed of other evidence at the home of his girlfriend's family in Baxter Springs.

Mireles then fled to Mexico with his girlfriend. He was extradited by Mexican authorities back to Kansas to stand trial. As a result of the extradition treaty with Mexico, the state could not seek the death penalty in this case. Mireles will face a sentence of life in prison without the chance of parole for 50 years.

"My heart goes out to the family of Emily Sander," Six said. "It has been over two years since her murder, but today justice was finally served."

Sentencing is scheduled for March 31, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.

This is the second jury trial Six has personally prosecuted as attorney general. Both resulted in the defendants be found guilty as charged.

"Butler County Sheriff Craig Murphy, El Dorado Police Chief Tom Boren, County Attorney Jan Satterfield, the KBI and all local law enforcement have done an excellent job on this case and I am grateful for the hard work," Six said.