By Angie Gumm
The Haysville Times
Domestic violence claimed the life of another Haysville woman on Sunday morning. The police received a call at 4:25 to the home of Jack and Tonya Dudley at lot 311 in the Peachwood Manor Mobile Home Park on 6895 S. Broadway.
When police arrived at the scene five minutes later, Tonya, 43, was already dead from apparent stab wounds. Jack, 47, also had apparent stab wounds and the couple’s three-year-old nephew who was also in the home, suffered from lacerations. Both were taken to Via Christi St. Francis Hospital on a code rode.
The Dudley’s 25-year-old son Aaron was arrested at the scene. On Wednesday afternoon Aaron appeared before a judge via video camera from prison. The judge set his bond at $500,000.
The hospital couldn’t comment on the condition of the survivors, but Georgia Cole, of the District Attorney’s Office, said prosecutors must be fairly certain of their recovery to begin prosecution.
Tonya was a native of Wellington and worked for F&E Foods, a food supplier in Wichita. Understandably, her family did not want to talk to the paper at this point. Her half-sister Amy Eagle, of Wellington, did state that Tonya “was a fun-loving outgoing person.” Services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Smith Family Mortuary.
It was last year in early February, when Haysville residents Matthew Samuels killed his wife Sheri and himself in a domestic violence tragedy.