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265 Sheriff's Facebook Post Announces Sentencing of 70-Year-Old Man For a 1980 Cold Case

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 09/15/2024 11:34 EDT

Sheriff's Facebook Post Announces Sentencing of 70-Year-Old Man For a 1980 Cold Case

In 1980 a 23-year-old woman was shot multiple times by an unknown assailant in a small county in central Kansas.

44 years later, the county sheriff made a Facebook post...

Over the years, dozens of law enforcement officers looked at the case to no avail. In mid-2022 I was approached by Detective Sgt. Adam Hales to reopen the case using new techniques and technology that were now available at the time of the murder. In all honesty, it was with some degree of skepticism that I authorized the expenditure of

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