Cory Korf was denied a reduction in bond during a status conference and compliance hearing in Yuma County District Court in Wray, Tuesday morning.
Korf, who is in the Washington County Justice Center, is going to trial for attempted first degree murder, first degree assault, false imprisonment, second degree kidnapping and domestic violence.
A preliminary hearing was held November 4 in which there was probably cause for all charges, and all the charges were bound over for trial. The dates have not been set yet.
It stems from an incident on September 13 against a female victim identified as Sylvia Korf, in the Vernon area.
Tuesday morning’s hearing was presided over by Judge Kimbra Killin. Deputy District Attorney Amber Fletcher was in attendance, as was Korf’s legal counsel. Korf participated remotely from the Washington County Justice Center.
His lawyer noted that Korf’s grandmother died in a vehicle accident, and he was unable to attend her funeral. She said Korf is willing to do GPS monitoring, is not a flight risk, and has a very supportive aunt who lives in Goodland, Kansas. She asked for a reduction in bond as the family cannot pay the current $250,000 bond.
Fletcher told the court she is against any bond reduction.
“The victim fears for her life, and I also share those feelings,” she said.
Fletcher referred to the extreme violence of the assault, sharing that the victim looked like a corpse when she was discharged from the hospital, as her body was bruised and battered from top to bottom.
Fletcher also said that when the victim was told Korf was seeking a furlough to attend his grandmother’s funeral, she reacted in extreme terror.
Also, a new count of aggravated retaliation has been filed by the D.A.’s office.
Killin voiced her concerns when denying the bond reduction request. However, she will reconsider it after a January 6 hearing if the DA cannot show cause to carry the additional charge. That hearing will be at 3 p.m.