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Felony child-endangerment charge filed against Austin Dave Kitchin

March 22, 2026 court-records

Saline County prosecutors filed a felony child-endangerment case on March 19 accusing 34-year-old Austin Dave Kitchin of aggravated endangering a child; recklessly placing a child younger than 18 in danger, according to District Court records. Investigators say the offense happened March 18. The filing is listed as case SA-2026-CR-000177, a Level 9 person felony under Kansas statute 21-5601(b)(1)(C)(2)(A). The Saline County Sheriff’s Office submitted the charges.

Court records list Kitchin’s birth year as 1992. He is one of the Wyoming parents arrested March 18 after allegedly fleeing with their children. Salina311 covered that arrest in "Wyoming Parents Arrested in Saline County After Fleeing With Children"; that earlier report is separate from this formal court filing.

Formal charges are allegations, not convictions. Kitchin remains presumed innocent unless and until the state proves the case in court.

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