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Estranged Husband Charged With First-Degree Murder in Killing of Marine Veteran Ivy Unruh

He remains jailed on a $1.5 million bond pending a May 5 preliminary hearing.

Overview

  • Police say Ivy Unruh, 25, was shot outside her northeast Wichita apartment Friday morning and died Monday from her injuries.
  • Investigators report that Joshua Orlando, 29, called 911 and was arrested at the scene, where officers recovered a firearm.
  • After her death, prosecutors on Tuesday filed a first-degree premeditated murder charge, and police are treating the case as domestic violence involving a married but separated couple.
  • Court records show Orlando is being held on a $1.5 million bond with a preliminary hearing set for May 5 in Sedgwick County.
  • Unruh, a former Marine sergeant and PBS Kansas broadcast engineer, was an organ donor whose family says she saved six people.