Kansas Father Accused In Double Murder, Kidnapping

A Leavenworth, Kansas man is in custody after allegedly killing his two sons and abducting his two young daughters. KSHB's Rae Daniel reports.

(KSHB/NBC News) — A Leavenworth, Kansas man is in custody after allegedly killing his two sons and abducting his two young daughters.

Sheriff’s investigators say Donny Jackson killed his two sons, ages 14 and 12, on Saturday.

“I believe there was a family event, a soccer game, that one of the children was supposed to be at and didn’t show up,” Leavenworth County Undersheriff James Shirley told reporters Saturday evening. “A family member had shown up then and had discovered the crime here at the scene.”

Authorities said Jackson then left his home and took his two daughters, ages 3 and 7, which prompted in a multi-state Amber Alert.

Jackson and the girls were located Saturday night near the Oklahoma-Texas border.

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