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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Prosecutors appeared in a virtual docket
hearing Monday seeking to try Amadeus Ballou-Meyer as an adult
in the homicide case of Hester Workman and a separate sex crime
case involving an underage relative.

13 NEWS obtained a copy of the state’s motion supporting their
request.

According to the motion, on the night of April 24 officers found
two people sitting in the driveway of Workman’s home on James
Street consoling each other.

One person identified as “D.J.” told officers he thought he
accidentally ran over Workman with his car when he pulled into
the driveway after coming home from work.

The motion said that officers took statements from the two
people and they told law enforcement “as they pulled into the
garage they felt a bump and got out to see what caused the bump
and found Hester on the garage floor,”.

Investigators then determined Workman’s death was a homicide
noting blood near her body came from being hit with an object
multiple times not a car.

A neighbor told officers they saw a young man walking quickly
down James Street carrying a baseball bat.

Security footage from other neighbors showed the man running
down the street.

D.J. identified the person in the video as Ballou-Meyer, his
best friend.

D.J. described the relationship between Ballou-Meyer and Workman
as “good”.

On April 26, officers found Ballou-Meyer at his grandmother’s
house.

The motion details that he initially tried to jump off a second-
floor balcony before ultimately cooperating with police.

During questioning, the motion said he gave officers several
versions of what happened on the night of Workman’s death.

First, he said he stopped by her house and she gave him a bottle
of water and he left.

Then he said he decided to Workman she may have hit her head so
he panicked and left.

After more questioning, he told investigators he was upset with
D.J. because he would not let Ballou-Meyer smoke in his car
earlier in the day.

He then said while out walking he saw Workman outside and snuck
into the house planning to scare her because he thought it would
be funny.

He told investigators Workman fell backward and hit her head on
the metal rails of the garage door.

He said he could not see her breathing, saw the baseball bat in
the garage and decided to put Workman “out of her suffering” and
hit her twice in the head.

He told law enforcement he ran from the house and threw the bat
into Shunga creek.

The motion also details a separate sex crime case involving an
underage relative.

It states in July 2019, the child’s mother found secret videos
on Ballou-Meyer’s phone of her daughter getting dressed.

The state made several arguments Ballou-Meyer should be tried as
an adult for both crimes citing the seriousness and
sophistication for them.

A hearing for the motion is scheduled for September 16.

https://www.wibw.com/2021/06/28/prosecutors-argue-teen-charged- with-murder-friends-mom-should-be-tried-an-adult/

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