Woman sentenced for helping sex offender escape

LARNED, Kan. (AP) – A 45-year-old Garden City woman has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for helping a sex offender escape from Larned State Hospital.

Liliana Guadalupe Houser pleaded no contest in January to three felonies related to the June 2021 escape of John Freeman Colt. He was captured in Utah in September 2021.

Houser admitted to having unlawful sexual relations with a patient, trafficking in contraband in a care and treatment facility and obstructing Colt’s apprehension.

Before sentencing, Houser told the judge Colt had manipulated her at a time when her marriage was deteriorating and after the loss of her son.