A Texas attorney has pleaded guilty to felony charges after admitting she stole more than $540,000 from six children whose parents died in a murder-suicide in Kendall County.
Prosecutors say the lawyer, identified as Karen Kay Hogan of San Antonio, entered her guilty pleas in a Kendall County courtroom to misapplication of fiduciary property of $300,000 or more and to exploitation charges involving children and a disabled person.
The case centers on money held in the estates of Jason and Emily Evans, whose deaths left their six children as the only heirs. Hogan faces a potential punishment that could include probation or a prison term of up to 20 years under Texas law, according to KSAT…