Jun 29, 2022

Woman sentenced for DUI crash that killed Kansas couple

Posted Jun 29, 2022 1:00 AM
Hunter-photo McPherson Co.
Hunter-photo McPherson Co.

MCPHERSON COUNTY —A former Kansas woman is going to prison for her role in a fatal DUI crash that killed a Kansas couple.

A McPherson County judge sentenced 44-year-old Julie Ann Hunter formerly of Lehigh now Aoka, Minnesota, to to just less than 12-years in prison for two counts of involuntary manslaughter-DUI, according to the McPherson County Attorney's office.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the crash in November of 2019 on Highway 56 involved a 1999 Ford Taurus driven by Hunter and a 2004 Chrysler Pacifica driven by Robert E. Unruh, 88, of Canton.

Unruh and a passenger Mary Lee Unruh, 83, Canton, were pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported Hunter to the hospital in McPherson and she was later arrested. 

 Hunter will be required to serve at least 80 months before becoming eligible for parole, according to the county attorney's office.