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Chapman bound over for arraignment
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Barton County Sheriffs Office employees escort Jeffrey Chapman back to jail shortly before noon, Wednesday. Chapmans preliminary hearing for the charge of premeditated murder wrapped up Wednesday afternoon. - photo by Dale Hogg/Great Bend Tribune
Summor Hoss was three months pregnant with Damon Galyardt’s baby when Galyardt died last November. On Wednesday, Hoss testified at the preliminary hearing of Jeffrey Chapman, a man she and her boyfriend Galyardt once considered a friend.Chapman is charged with the premeditated murder of Gallyardt on Nov. 11 or early on Nov. 12, 2011, in Barton County. At the end of Wednesday’s preliminary hearing, Magistrate Judge Don Alvord ruled that prosecutors had shown enough evidence for the felony case to be bound over the Barton County District Court.