Joseph Rykeil of Great Bend pleaded to Involuntary Manslaughter (WED.) yesterday in the July 4th death of 15-year-old Jessica Shearer of Garden City. Doug Matthews is the Barton County Attorney.

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Shearer had reportedly ran away from the Barton County Youth Home three days prior to her body being found in a home on July 4th where Rykeil was renting a room in Great Bend. It was reported that prescription drugs from the homeowners were found in Rykiel’s room when Shearer’s body was found.