UPDATE: A judge sentenced Dunlap to serve five years of probation and complete 80 hours of community service, according to online court records. Dunlap was also ordered to pay $300.

Barklage’s next court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 11, 2025.

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SEDALIA, Mo. (KCTV) - A 20-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman have been charged after they allegedly forced children to fight each other in a Sedalia home and filmed it.

Pettis County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Friday, Aug. 15, indicate that Barbara J. Dunlap, 44, and Austin M. Barklage, 20, of Sedalia, have been charged with child endangerment.

A probable cause statement filed by the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office revealed that on Thursday, law enforcement officials received a tip that two childr

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