Biography
Yorie von Kahl, listed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as Yori von Kahl, was convicted for his role in the February 1983 shootout near Medina, North Dakota, in which two U.S. Marshals were killed. His sentencing hearing was June 24, 1983 before Judge Paul Benson. The official exact-number locator, checked October 12, 2026 for 04565-059, lists him at Butner Medium II FCI with Release Date: LIFE; this is not an actual release date.
Sentencing date and current custody
The primary district-court opinions reproduce the heading of the June 24, 1983 sentencing transcript before Chief Judge Paul Benson. Their indexed text independently corroborates the contemporary UPI report. This supplies the missing formal sentencing day, not a new initial-admission or release date. The later defamation litigation is not another incarceration episode. Existing portrait retained. An authorized official BOP exact-number lookup on October 12, 2026 identifies YORI VON KAHL at Butner Medium II FCI with Release Date: LIFE; outdated Pekin information is corrected without inventing a transfer day. Primary 2011 opinion; Primary 2013 opinion; Contemporary sentencing report. Indexed historical text was reviewed; failed direct retrievals are not claimed successful.