As Marco Allen Chapman awaited an extradition hearing scheduled for today in West Virginia, the emotional recovery of tiny Warsaw, Ky., continued Monday.

        Mr. Chapman is charged with killing two children and wounding their mother, Warsaw City Clerk Carolyn Marksberry, 37, and her 10-year-old daughterin an attack in their home Friday.

KILLED
Cody	Chelbi
WOUNDED
Courtney	Carolyn

        Boone-Gallatin County Prosecutor Linda Tally-Smith said that if he waives extradition proceedings, Mr. Chapman could be back in Kentucky by the end of the week.

        Ms. Tally Smith, who has said there is a strong likelihood her office would seek the death penalty, said she had no indication of whether Mr. Chapman intended to waive the extradition hearing.

        If Mr. Chapman fights extradition, the process could take a few months, requiring the signature of the West Virginia governor.

        With Ms. Marksberry, who was stabbed 15 times, now in fair condition at University Hospital in Cincinnati, arrangements for a public memorial were made final Monday.

        The memorial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Gallatin County Elementary School auditorium, where the two slain children, Chelbi Sharon, 7, and her brother, Codi, 6, were in third- and first-grade.

        “This will give the community a chance to get together and maybe have a little closure,” said Jack Lowder, owner of Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home in Warsaw, which is handling the service. “It's been a tough one, just a nightmare.”

        No burial information was released.

        Courtney Sharon, 10, a fifth-grader at Gallatin County Upper Elementary,survived the attack and has been released from Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. Ms. Marksberry may be released this weekend.

        Mr. Chapman, 30, of an unincorporated area of Boone County, faces a 9 a.m. extradition hearing today before Kanawha County (W.Va.) Circuit Court Judge Charles King.

        His court-appointed attorney, Ronnie Sheets, was unavailable for comment Monday.

        Mr. Chapman is charged with two counts of murder, two counts of first-degree assault and one count of burglary.

        Police say Mr. Chapman is the former boyfriend of a neighbor of Marksberry neighbor, whom Ms. Marksberry had encouraged to break off the abusive relationship.

        “We are waiting for extradition,” Kentucky state police spokesman Greg Larimore said Monday. “Detectives have been working on the case all day.”

        He said he was unaware of the results of a search of the Geo car Mr. Chapman is believed to have driven from the scene.

        In lieu of flowers, Marksberry family supporters are asked to contribute to the Carolyn Marksberry Special Account at Integra Bank, 401 E. Main St., Warsaw. The phone number is (859) 567-5071.

Previous stories:
Monday: Community weeps for young stabbing victims
Sunday: Child saw stabbings, fled house
Saturday: Mother, children stabbed, 2 fatally

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