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JoCo Notes: Overland Park man sentenced to life in prison for teen’s murder

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Happy Presidents’ Day, Shawnee Mission.

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🚨 One thing to know today

An Overland Park man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of an Olathe teenager.

A Johnson County judge last week sentenced Matthew Bibee, 22, to two consecutive life sentences for first degree murder and attempted capital murder.

Bibee was also sentenced concurrently for several other felonies, including aggravated robbery and battery of a law enforcement officer.

He will become eligible for parole in 50 years.

A jury in November convicted Bibee for the killing of Rowan Padgett, 17, who was shot and killed in March 2019.

Court records show Bibee, who was 18 at the time, arranged to buy Xanax from Padgett and that Padgett was killed after the deal fell through.

Two days after Padgett was killed, Bibee was wounded in a shootout with police and was taken into custody.

Two other teenagers have already been sentenced in connection to Padgett’s death and the drug deal leading up to it.

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Kyle Palmer
Kyle Palmer

Hi! I’m Kyle Palmer, the editor of the Johnson County Post.

Prior to joining the Post in 2020, I served as News Director for KCUR. I got my start in journalism at the University of Missouri, where I worked for KBIA, mid-Missouri’s NPR affiliate. After college, I spent 10 years as a teacher and went on to get a master’s degree in education policy from Stanford University.

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