2013 in Review: 2012 probable cause affidavit says accused killer Bobby Bourne assaulted child

(From August 2013) "Stop and get off me," the girl shouted, as Bobby Don Bourne had followed her into the bedroom to continue an argument.

The girl's mother rushed to the room and was frightened by what she saw. Bourne, a man in his 30s, was hitting her daughter, who was lying on her back on the bed.

Shawnee Bench yelled at Bourne, her brother-in-law to get off the girl. When he did not, she tried to grab his arm and pull him off, but he was too strong. Bourne grabbed her by the shoulders and gave her a violent shove.

"Get out of my "f------g house," Bourne shouted.

In her probable cause statement filed that day in October 2012, there was no doubt in Officer Ruth Cottingham's mind what should happen to Bobby Dale Bourne. She wrote, "I believe the defendant poses a danger to the community or to any other person."

2013 in Review: Domestic assault, assault on police officer not enough to get alleged kidnapper's probation revoked

(From August 20, 2013, this was written before the body of Audrianna Horton 12, Golden City, was found.)

Bobby Dale Bourne, 34, Lamar, is in the Barton County Jail with a $1 million bond on a charge of kidnapping 12-year-old Adrianna Horton of Golden City, but online court records indicate he could have been locked up months ago except for a series of delays and bureaucratic malfunctions.

During a hearing Sept. 10, 2012, in Polk County Circuit Court, Bourne admitted he violated his probation on a 2006 felony tampering charge by assaulting a law enforcement officer and being intoxicated.

Though a motion to revoke Bourne's probation and send him to prison for five years was filed, no hearing was ever held. Polk County records show that during an October 1 hearing, Judge John Sims ruled that Bourne's probation would be continued with the same conditions.

Before the month was out, court records indicate, Bourne had violated his probation two more times.