<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/3/1584722901293.png" alt="Hemmerling -photo Jefferson County Sheriff" />
 <figcaption>Hemmerling -photo Jefferson County Sheriff</figcaption>
 </figure>OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the 2018 shooting death of her mother's boyfriend. Ashlyn Hemmerling was sentenced after pleading guilty to first-degree murder last year in the March 2018 shooting death of 22-year-old Taylor Dean Sawyer, of Lawrence, in a remote area of Perry Lake, according to Jefferson County Attorney Josh Ney.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/3/1584919746125.png" alt="Blevins photo KDOC" />
 <figcaption>Blevins photo KDOC</figcaption>
 </figure>Hemmering's boyfriend, 23-year-old Jonathan Blevins, was sentenced last year to life in prison with no chance of a parole for 50 years. Authorities said previously Hemmerling helped plan the shooting, which likely involved a domestic dispute and drug use.

Kansas woman sentenced for killing mother's boyfriend