KARA KOPETSKY - 17 yo (2007) Belton MO

"If it wasn’t for God, I don't know where Jim and I would be," Rhonda Beckford said.

---Well put Rhonda. Even though we are not experiencing the pain you are going through all of us feel lost without our heavenly Father. Amen.

7th September, 2011

The former boyfriend of a missing Belton teenager pleaded
guilty in Municipal Court to choking and beating his pregnant girlfriend
and killing her cats.


According to a Kansas City, Mo., police report, in July, Kylr Yust,
22, came home drunk to the south Kansas City apartment that he shared
with his 18-year-old girlfriend, who is pregnant with twins.

The report states that the couple argued and Yust pinned her down and
repeatedly choked her and struck her to keep her from passing out.

The girlfriend told police that Yust yelled at her saying, "I've
killed people before, even ex-girlfriends out of sheer jealousy, I will
kill you."

Yust once dated Kara Kopetsky, who has been missing nearly four and a
half years. Just before Kopetsky disappeared, she took out a
restraining order against him.

Kopetsky’s mother described her daughter’s relationship with Yust as an abusive one.

“It's like deja vu, and thankfully she didn't end up missing like
Kara. I'm glad she was able to get away,” said Rhonda Beckford,
Kopetsky’s mother.



Yust also pleaded guilty to killing three cats -- one by smashing it
to death in a bathroom and putting two others in a sack and tossing them
in a creek.

Yust received two years supervised probation and must attend an abuse-prevention course.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44424725/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/#.Tmfy9ez9vnE

What a pathetic sentence! He would have got 12 months jail here in New Zealand just for killing the cats! Isn't it obvious this guy should not be among the community?

Holy Smokes! Take a gander at this!!!
This is the accused in the above case.
Considering the nature of the Kopetsky case and this guys' penchant for violence...not to mention his utterance that he has killed before...I would be interrogating him every day until he broke.

Kara Kopetsky's ex-boyfriend, Kylr Yust, arrested in company of attack victim from restraining order

Posted: 12/16/2011

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Despite a restraining order forbidding it, Kylr Yust, the 23-year-old ex-boyfriend of Kara Kopetsky, was arrested Thursday in the company of a woman he attacked in July.

North Kansas City Police discovered his warrant during a traffic stop for speeding near the Bond Bridge on I-35.

Prior to when she vanished in 2007, Kopetsky had filed her own restraining order against Yust alleging he choked her and threatened to kill her. Police have said Yust passed a lie detector test and has an alibi in the Kopetsky case.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office manually entered Yust's warrant into the system Tuesday when he ignored a judge’s order to appear in court on a felony charge he stole equipment from a Kansas City tattoo parlor.

The 18-year-old woman with Yust during his arrest had filed a restraining order against him in August after he attacked her in the Kansas City apartment they shared.

Tuesday, the woman had asked a judge to dismiss the restraining order, saying “I don’t need it anymore,” but pending a hearing the order remains active.

Read more: http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/kara-kopetskys-ex-boyfriend-kylr-yust-arrested-in-company-of-attack-victim-from-restraining-order#ixzz1lCKZ5GvZ

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A walk will be held this weekend to honor missing teen Kara Kopetsky.It has been five years since Kopetsky was last seen at Belton High, where she was a 17-year-old junior.The 5th Annual Honor Walk for Kara Kopetsky will be held on Sunday at 2p.m. in Belton,Organizers
said the walk will start out at the Cedar Tree Shopping Center located
on the west side of U.S. 71 and south side of Highway 58.

Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/money/31010810/detail.html#ixzz1txfIF7Cj

I wish she had shown better taste in boyfriends...sheesh!

BELTON, Mo. — The parents of a missing teen held a march on Sunday to
keep their daughter’s memory alive and appeal to anyone who knows what
happened to her. Family members are keeping Kara Kopetski’s memory alive
with buttons, t-shirts and more.

She was 17-years-old when she was reported missing five years ago. It’s a milestone her mother never wanted to reach.

“She was supposed to be at work at 4 o’clcok that day and she had
every intention f being there or she wouldn’t have asked me to wash her
work clothes,” said Rhonda Beckford, Kara’s mother.

A team of volunteers marched on Sunday with memorabilia. Terry Mason
says five years ago she was compelled to help because news of the
missing 11th grade girl pulled at her heartstrings and brought back
memories of her own life.

“My brother was kidnapped when he was eight-years-old,” Mason said.
“He was taken from an elementary school in Kansas City. He did get away
from his pedophilia and all of it together brought back memories.”

Don Ross shares and uncommon bond with the Beckfords. His son Jesse
was reported missing in 2006 during a college trip to Chicago.

“Jesse is kind of history for a lot of people and Kara is kind of the
past but each day you look at the news and there’s somebody new,” Ross
said.

Someone who has joined their unwanted ranks.

Kara’s mother hopes the $80,000 reward for information about Kara’s
whereabouts is enough incentive to get someone talking. If you have
information about Kara’s disappearance call the tips hotline at
816-474-TIPS.
http://fox4kc.com/2012/05/06/family-remembers-missing-daughter-five-years-later/