BREAKING: Kit Warren Wilkins gets double life sentence for 2019 Shady Cove double-murder

Published 10:30 am Thursday, June 15, 2023

Editor’s note: 6:55 p.m. Thursday. See rv-times.com for the updated story.

Convicted murderer Kit Warren Wilkins won’t be eligible for parole until he’s 123 years old.

Wilkins learned his fate Thursday after a jury in Jackson County found him guilty of murdering his longtime girlfriend and her daughter at the Shady Cove home they all shared in 2019.

The jury found Wilkins guilty of first- and second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Shirley Kay Gann, 62, and Judy Mae Gann, 43, on April 21, 2019.

Circuit Court Judge Laura Cromwell sentenced Wilkins to two consecutive sentences of 30 years to life, meaning the 63-year-old won’t be eligible for parole for 60 years. 

This is a breaking story and will be updated.