Iolan Amber Boeken, charged with first-degree murder in the death of Shawn Cook, faces an additional charge of battering a corrections officer.
Allen County Attorney Jerry Hathaway filed the felony charge this week in Allen County District Court.
“She had an issue with one of the corrections officers,” Sheriff Bryan Murphy said.
The alleged incident occurred April 26 at Allen County Jail, where Boeken is being held.
Boeken, 24, is scheduled to appear in front of Judge Thomas Saxton Wednesday regarding the battery charge.
She also appeared in front of Saxton this week for a status hearing regarding the Cook death. During the hearing, she filed a paper asserting her Fifth, Sixth and 14th Amendment rights.
The Fifth Amendment deals with her right to remain silent; the Sixth Amendment deals with effective assistance by her counsel; and the 14th asserts her right to due process of law.
“I do not wish to be questioned, interviewed or interrogated further, either while incarcerated or while released on bail, by any city, county, state or federal police officers, probation officers, parole officers or agents….,” Boeken’s motion read.
Saxton scheduled a June 15 status hearing for the murder charge.
She remains in custody on a $1 million bond.
Boeken’s attorney is Mary Stephenson, Paola.
ALSO charged with Cook’s murder, Joshua Knapp, 34, Bourbon County, remains incarcerated at a state prison in Hutchinson, where he’s serving a 90-day sentence for probation revocation.
Murphy said efforts are being made locally for Knapp to be transported to Allen County for his first appearance in regard to the murder charge.
Hathaway alleges Knapp and Boeken murdered Cook sometime on or near March 13. Cook’s body, which showed evidence of stab wounds, was found along a bank of the Neosho River north of Neosho Falls April 3.
Boeken was arrested on unrelated charges March 21; Knapp on unrelated charges March 24.
