Woman tried twice for 2002 Kansas double murder released from jail

A Kansas woman whose double murder conviction was overturned in 2018 is no longer incarcerated, after more than a decade behind bars.

Dana Chandler is now free on $350,000 bond while she awaits a third trial in the 2002 murders of her ex-husband Mike Sisco, and his fiancée, Karen Harkness. Her second trial ended Sept. 1 in a hung jury. She had been incarcerated since her arrest in 2011.

Shawnee County Judge Cheryl Rios agreed Sept. 29 to allow Chandler to live with her nephew about 50 miles away, in Olathe, Kansas, if she posted bond. Chandler will be subject to GPS monitoring and is barred from contacting or discussing the case with potential witnesses.