Mother Confronts Convicted Killer at Sentencing in Kansas Domestic Dispute

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At his Monday sentencing, Emma Cooley, the mother of murdered Sydney Palmer — who was fatally gunned down by husband Michael Edgington in Kansas last year during a domestic altercation — lambasted her disgraced son-in-law, forcefully telling him “she loved you” while also detailing how he cruelly tormented Palmer’s relatives closely following her death with deeply troubling actions and remarks aimed at them.
“‘The first thing you asked me was for the PlayStation,’ Cooley recalled of her exchange with Edgington after Palmer’s death, as reported by the local news Sumner NewsCow.
“‘Well, here’s your PlayStation,’ she calmly stated, immediately following her statement, setting one console on a wooden bench near where he was seated.
Palmer, 25, had been arguing with Edgington on July 3 prior to her demise and purportedly hurled a 4.04-ounce concrete trinket at his head, investigators said. “I noticed a swelling on his forehead,” a responding officer noted in the official case document. “Edgington’s counteraction involved shooting her using a 9 mm handgun.”
“‘I recognize I did something wrong,’ he stated at his criminal sentencing, where he was ultimately given 61 months behind bars — about five years — for second-degree murder.
“‘But I don’t believe I pose a threat to society,’ Edgington informed Sumner County District Court Judge William Mott, who imposed the top penalty permitted, in addition to 36 months’ probation. Edgington will also be prohibited from owning firearms in the future.
In addition to requesting his PlayStation, Edgington further horrified Palmer’s relatives by allegedly choosing to remarry in the home he had occupied with Palmer, with the ceremony reportedly taking place within those same walls.
“‘This is where you killed your ex-wife and my daughter,’ Cooley still said Monday. ‘And you hold a wedding ceremony there simply as though she never existed.’”
Moreover, Edgington frequently informed Palmer’s relatives that he allegedly acted in self-defense and that Palmer herself was ultimately fully responsible for her own demise, Cooley asserted in ongoing repeated discussions.
In statements to authorities, Edgington said: “Sydney suffered from severely manic episodes. A physician had recently discontinued her Vraylar medication, and she reportedly grew furious with me for failing to remove the trash. She immediately proceeded to damage property inside our dwelling, and I asked her to stop. She then grabbed a concrete figure and threatened to throw it at me. I told her to stop. She hurled it, forcefully striking my own head.”
“‘She loved you,’ Cooley stated on Monday. ‘Even with her final breath for law enforcement, she simply refused to acknowledge you had killed her. She was forever attempting to defend you.’”
Edgington, having spent 10 months jailed before securing bond in May 2024, is slated to spend five years one month in state prison.
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