By Dave Andrusko
Ka’Loni Marie Flynn
The trial of Christopher Kenyon Simpson, charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of an Arkansas woman and her unborn baby, has been set for June 17. The Oklahoma man pleaded not guilty Thursday in the murders of Ka’Loni Marie Flynn of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and her baby.
Simpson has been held without bond at the LeFlore County Jail since his arrest on June 21. Ms. Flynn’s body was found in her parked car April 9. She had been shot in the head.
LeFlore County Sheriff Bruce Curnutt told 5newsonline.com, “He was believed to be the father of her unborn child.” A police affidavit states that Simpson told a witness that if the 20-year-old Flynn didn’t end the pregnancy, he would “get rid of it for her.”
Flynn told relatives that Simpson was the father of her child. When Flynn told Simpson she was pregnant, he became angry, police said.
“She didn’t believe in abortion,” Flynn’s father Herbert Flynn Jr. told 5newsonline.com. “That’s why she would not have an abortion. She just loved life.”
The affidavit states that Simpson and Flynn had dated for about three months.
A witness told police that Simpson said Flynn’s murder would not be solved. “It was too clean; it was the perfect murder,” he said, according to the affidavit.
According to the affidavit, investigators tracked a pre-paid cell phone that made multiple calls to Flynn minutes before she died. The report states the phone was traced back to Simpson.
“He lived not even a quarter of a mile from our house,” Mr. Flynn said.
Simpson is attempting to prevent authorities from introducing “phone records that placed Simpson in the area where Flynn was found dead because authorities didn’t have a warrant,” todaysthv.com reported. “But prosecutors say authorities searched Flynn’s cell phone records, not Simpson’s, to get the information.”
The family says that Ka’Loni Flynn was excited about having her baby and had made plans to return to school and major in nursing. “Family say they’ll miss her ’10,000 dollar smile’ the most.”
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