OBERLIN (October 18, 2011) Kansas Attorney General Derek
Schmidt today filed first-degree murder charges against a Decatur
County man in connection with the death of another man in the
county last weekend. Dylan Robert Coryell, Jr., age 24, of Oberlin,
was charged with first-degree premeditated murder and an
alternative count of first-degree felony murder in connection with
the death of Corey Ryan Cook, age 22, also of Oberlin. Coryell was
also charged with aggravated battery and aggravated burglary. Upon
the request of Decatur County Attorney Steven Hirsch, the Attorney
Generals Office will prosecute the case. Nicole Romine, assistant
attorney general posted in Goodland, will lead the prosecution
team. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation worked with local law
enforcement officers from the Oberlin Police Department and Decatur
County Sheriffs Office in the investigation. Coryell was arrested
on Sunday, October 16, and now is in custody of the Decatur County
Sheriffs Office. Bond has been set at $500,000 cash or surety. All
media inquiries should be directed to the Attorney Generals Office.
Coryell is presumed innocent unless and until the allegations
against him are proved beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
His next court appearance is scheduled for October 28 at 1:30
p.m.
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