With increasing homicides, Mayor Lucas says Kansas Citians shouldn’t get used...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — So far this year there have been 109 homicides in Kansas City. That means the city is on track to tie 2017, the deadliest year for Kansas City homicides in 24 years. None of this is...
View ArticleCrime Files: Mark Davis [Podcast]
Twenty-seven years later, Mark Davis' mother and police still don't have answers to his death, which happened after a simple pick-up basketball game.
View ArticleKansas City father still waiting for tips after son found shot to death in...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City father is still hoping that someone will come forward to help put his son’s killer behind bars — despite detectives receiving no tips in the case. Leron Walls, 33, died...
View ArticleCrime Files UPDATE: Kendrick Anderson [Podcast]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police are still searching the the person responsible for killing Kendrick Anderson, and now, they’re using new methods to attract previously unwilling witnesses. Kendrick Anderson,...
View ArticleCrime Files: Leron Walls [Podcast]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At 33-years-old, Isaac Walls decided to make some changes in his life for the better. Those changes helped lead him to a longer, fuller life in Kansas City. Years later, his son,...
View ArticleCrime Files: Carleton Temple [Podcast]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Carleton Temple was a 26-year-old business analyst at Sprint, who lived and worked in one of the wealthiest suburbs in the Midwest. He was also a father of three. That’s why...
View Article‘That’s just your worst dream’: Metro mom hoping for new tips to solve son’s...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An Edwardsville mother is hoping that the public will come forward and provide new leads in her son's murder case. Alexander "K.C." Gillespie, 20, was found shot to death March 11,...
View ArticleKC police believe new information could help solve September homicide
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Investigators with the Kansas City Police Department believe that new information could help solve the murder of Darryle Humbird, who was murdered in his home in two months ago....
View ArticleAfter 50 years of mystery, family hoping for answers in murder of 16-year-old...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Its been nearly 50 years since Allen Ray Thompson was murdered in front of his mother in the driveway of their Kansas City home. The date was January 2, 1970 and 16-year-old Allen...
View ArticleNearly two decades later, family still wondering who killed 15-year-old...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It's been nearly two decades since 15-year-old Lester Haliburton was murdered, but his family and detectives haven't given up on trying to find his killer. Lester was murdered on...
View ArticleCrime Files: Derryle Humbird [Podcast]
Derryle Humbird was a 53-year-old man who spent most of his time working and hanging out with his daughter, granddaughter and friends. Two of his closest friends, Amanda and Sean McDonald, said they...
View ArticleCrime Files: KC Gillespie [Podcast]
What looked at first like a simple car crash at an apartment complex ended up as homicide investigation when police found that the driver had been shot. 20-year-old KC Gillespie was found dead a in a...
View ArticleCrime Files: Allen Thompson [Podcast]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was the beginning of 1970. We were grappling with new civil rights laws, we were in the middle of a space race, and Woodstock just made a big splash in American culture. There...
View ArticleFrustrated metro family starts their own tip line in search for missing...
LIBERTY, Mo. -- Patti Tam has waited for answers for nearly three years. That’s how long her youngest child, Desirea Ferris, has been missing. "Her room is pretty much the same. I mean, besides the...
View ArticleAfter cousins killed near Power & Light, families hope someone with info will...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police are still searching for whoever is responsible for gunning down two young men near the Power & Light District last August. Austin Quijas and Leo Moreno Jr....
View ArticleTwo men charged with 2017 murder of Blue Springs teen found shot in home’s...
Colby Stephenson BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Two men are now facing charges in Jackson County in connection with the 2017 shooting death of a Blue Springs teen. Taron Thompson and Javonte Tiger, both 21, each...
View Article‘We want the murderer’: Family, detectives hoping DNA testing will solve...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Investigators and family members of a 16-year-old killed 30 years ago in her Kansas City home continue to hold out hope that the case will be solved. The murder of Fawn Cox drove...
View ArticleCrime Files: Desirea Ferris [Podcast]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s a text that has burned itself into the mind Patti Tam over the past three years. “I’ll be home tonight. I’ll see you in a little bit.” Those short 11 words came from Patti’s...
View ArticleCrime Files: Lester Haliburton [Podcast]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was March, 2002, when one mother woke up to a nightmare. Detectives told her that her 15-year-old son had been shot in a hallway just down the street and left there to die. “I...
View ArticleOak Grove man charged with murder in deadly 2019 beating of Darryle Humbird
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Oak Grove man is facing murder charges for allegedly beating a man to death with a rock in 2019. Prosecutors charged David Haynie, 28, with second degree murder and armed...
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