Taylor Sawyer, 22, was found shot to death in a remote parking area for walking trails near Perry Lake on March 14, 2018. His body bore multiple gunshot wounds. The location and wounds led investigators to treat the case as a homicide and opened a multi-agency investigation.

Initial contact with police came from 18-year-old Ashlyn N. Hemmerling and her mother, Sarah M. Hemmerling; Ashlyn first claimed to have witnessed the killing but later became a primary suspect. Authorities say Ashlyn and her boyfriend, 22-year-old Jonathan D. Blevins of Topeka, were involved; investigators concluded Blevins fired the shots while Ashlyn helped plan the homicide. Sarah Hemmerling was charged with obstruction for allegedly trying to help her daughter provide a false story. Evidence recovered at Blevins’ residence reportedly included clothing with Sawyer’s blood and ammunition matching the type used in the shooting.

Were there details about the relationship between Sawyer and Sarah Hemmerling, or about where Sawyer had been earlier that day, that anyone can add?