Parole denied to Dana Flynn, who murdered ex-lover while having affair with her pastor
Parole was recently denied to Dana L. Flynn, a Topeka Correctional Facility inmate serving prison time for the 1992 Geary County murder of her former lover.Flynn, 61, will next become parole-eligible in early 2025 and could be released at the earliest on Feb. 1 of that year, according to the website of the Kansas Department of Corrections.Flynn and her brother, Mikel Dreiling, now 51, were each sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty in 1996 of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit perjury.Dreiling was also convicted of making a terroristic threat, arising from statements he made to a second victim. He was paroled in 2019 and lives in Saline County.Parole was recently denied to Dana Flynn, who is serving prison time at the Topeka Correctional Facility for the 1992 Geary County murder of her former lover.How did Randall Sheridan die?Randall Sheridan, 41, was blasted five times with a shotgun as he was jogging on a gravel road a half-mi
Parole was recently denied to Dana L. Flynn, a Topeka Correctional Facility inmate serving prison time for the 1992 Geary County murder of her former lover.
Flynn, 61, will next become parole-eligible in early 2025 and could be released at the earliest on Feb. 1 of that year, according to the website of the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Flynn and her brother, Mikel Dreiling, now 51, were each sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty in 1996 of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit perjury.
Dreiling was also convicted of making a terroristic threat, arising from statements he made to a second victim. He was paroled in 2019 and lives in Saline County.
How did Randall Sheridan die?
Randall Sheridan, 41, was blasted five times with a shotgun as he was jogging on a gravel road a half-mile from his home southwest of Junction City, prosecutors said.
Sheridan and Flynn were in a custody battle over their then-7-year-old daughter, who was born after they had a relationship while he was separated from his wife.
Sheridan was killed one day after a judge changed the visitation requirements, allowing him more time with the girl over Christmas and banning contact between the girl and Flynn's minister, Jerry Rollins.
How was Flynn involved with a Salina church pastor?
Prosecutors said Rollins, then-pastor of the small, Pentecostal Fountain of Life Church in Salina — which Dreiling and Flynn attended — was Flynn’s lover and mentor, and suggested to her that Sheridan was an evil man who abused their daughter. Child welfare investigators found nothing to substantiate the abuse allegation.
Authorities said Sheridan intended to expose Flynn's alleged affair with Rollins.
Authorities contended Rollins tried to cover up the crime.
Rollins was convicted of two counts of aiding a felon and served time in the state’s corrections system from November 1997 to March 1998, Kansas Department of Corrections records show.
Contact Tim Hrenchir at [email protected] or 785-213-5934.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Parole denied to Dana Flynn, 61, convicted in 1992 Geary County murder
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