Kayla Lynn Errebo was sentenced Friday to 172 months in prison, equivalent to 14 years and four months, for a 2025 Saline County crash that killed Deanna “June” Sommerfeld and seriously injured Sommerfeld’s husband, Mark.

Errebo received the sentence in Saline County District Court after pleading no contest in May to second-degree murder and aggravated battery. She also admitted to violating probation.

The charges stemmed from an early-morning head-on crash on Aug. 8, 2025. The collision occurred at approximately 5:32 a.m. near K-140 Highway and South Reese Road in rural Saline County. Sommerfeld was killed, while her husband suffered serious injuries, including a broken femur that required surgery and a 15-day hospital stay.

Errebo was also accused of leaving the crash scene. Evidence presented during earlier court proceedings included Saline County Sheriff’s Office body-camera footage in which Errebo’s grandfather, Dennis Katzenmeier, told law enforcement that he picked her up following the crash. Evidence also showed Errebo later reported her vehicle stolen to the Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office.

Katzenmeier had been charged with obstructing apprehension in connection with the case, but that charge was dismissed in April.

Errebo entered her no-contest pleas on May 4. A no-contest plea does not constitute an express admission of guilt, but it allows the court to enter a conviction. District Judge Amy Norton found that Errebo was competent to enter the pleas and that the evidence provided a sufficient factual basis for the convictions.

As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors dismissed additional charges involving a driver’s duty after an accident, reckless driving, circumvention of an ignition-interlock device and improper driving on a laned roadway. Prosecutors had recommended guideline sentences for the murder and aggravated-battery convictions and asked that the sentences run consecutively.

The case was connected to allegations that Errebo had been driving after consuming alcohol, although her final convictions were second-degree murder and aggravated battery rather than a separate DUI conviction in this case.

At the time of the crash, Errebo was serving probation from a previous case. Records reported during earlier proceedings showed that she had pleaded guilty in October 2024 to charges connected to a June 2024 incident, including driving under the influence, fleeing from law enforcement and operating a vehicle without a required ignition-interlock device.

Members of the Sommerfeld family and Errebo addressed the court before the sentence was imposed Friday.

Under Kansas law, qualifying inmates serving determinate sentences may earn good-time credit based on behavior, work performance, program participation and compliance with prison rules. Good-time credit does not eliminate the sentence but can allow an inmate to be released from incarceration before serving the entire prison term. Credits may also be withheld or forfeited for disciplinary violations or failure to participate in required programs.