Twenty years since Nilsa Sanchez case discovery in culvert
The 1989 murder of Nilsa Sanchez remains unsolved as Douglas County authorities mark the 20th anniversary of her discovery. Berryton resident Heyden Smith found her body in a 36 inch culvert under North 1400 Road after seeing buzzards near his fields. Sanchez, 37, a Lawrence area mother of two, was last seen walking along US 40 near the Kansas 10 bypass eight days before her death.
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Nilsa Sanchez, Lawrence
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Stull
Berryton
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1400 Road
Nilsa
Sanchez
Hardee’s
Kansas University
Angelina Guadalupe
Nilsa Sanchez
Solving Cold Cases Through DNA and Fingerprint Matches
The piece highlights how older crimes can be solved when DNA or fingerprint evidence is retested and a witness recalls a key detail. It cites the 1997 Douglas County rape case in which Robert Grey was imprisoned after a 2007 fingerprint match linked him to the scene.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation Special
Scott Teeselink
Teeselink
Douglas County
Robert Grey
Kansas University
Naismith Hall
Grey
Johnson County
Micki Links
Sacramento County
Calif
Links
Back up parking tickets and avoid fines or jail
A warning advises not to ignore city parking tickets and fines. Skipping payment could lead to a surprise trip to Douglas County Jail, highlighting enforcement.
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Douglas County
Westar plant near annexation eyed by city
Decades after Westar built its coal power plant along the Kansas River, Lawrence faces possible annexation as the Santa Fe Industrial Park grows to touch the facility. The plant’s lone smokestack stands near Berry Plastics and Lawrence Paper Co as urban expansion continues.
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Westar
Lawrence
Kansas River
Santa Fe
Berry Plastics
Lawrence Paper Co
Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington after Kennedy funeral
Sen Edward M Kennedy was buried at Arlington beside brothers John and Robert after a rainy Boston and Washington day of mourning. Flags flew at half staff as the 47 year Senate veteran lay in a newly excavated gravesite on a Virginia hillside near the eternal flame honoring John F Kennedy.
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Virginia
John F. Kennedy
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