Retiring forensics expert leaves mark at KBI
Torexa Eileen Burnau, a DNA forensics expert and supervisor of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation biology section, retired after 25 years. She helped convict Adrian Washington in 1979, Oliver Smith in 1986, and Jimmy Searles, highlighting early and pivotal uses of DNA evidence and PCR testing in Kansas. Burnau will teach forensic science at Washburn University.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Marion County
Oliver Smith
Smith
Jimmy Searles
Labette County
Wichita
Washburn University
Larry Welch
Welch
AP Photo
Kansas Bureau of Investigations
Eileen Burau
Kansas City homicide rise tied to drugs and crime
Kansas City police report 1998 homicides through December reaching 128 for the year, with November setting a record for the decade and December at 18. Officials say nearly half the deaths are drug related and 80 percent of victims had criminal backgrounds. Drive by shootings show a sharp decline from 167 in 1997 to 74 in 1998.
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Board of Police Commissioners
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Teenager Sentenced to 38 Months in Wyandotte Manslaughter Case
A 16 year old, who pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter for a June stabbing at a party, was sentenced to 38 months in prison by Wyandotte District Judge George Groneman. The fatal incident involved Michael Kasick, 20, in Kansas City Kansas.
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Wyandotte County
Michael Kasick
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George Groneman
Kansas City man charged with second degree murder
Leonard Kirby, 34, was charged in Wyandotte County District Court with second degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend Karen Willeford, 38, at a Kansas City Kansas home. Willeford died from a ruptured spleen after the assault, and Kirby remains held on $150,000 bond.
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Leonard Kirby
Wyandotte County
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Kirby
Chris Schneider
Wyandotte County Detention Center
Firefighters save Medicine Lodge downtown as Schiff’s shop burns
A fire destroyed Schiff’s Cabinet Shop, owned by Martina McBride’s parents, in Medicine Lodge Kansas. More than 100 volunteer firefighters from 11 nearby towns prevented spread to adjacent buildings, preserving the downtown block. McBride visited the scene with her father as crews battled smoke and flames.
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Martina McBride
Kansas
Medicine Lodge
Jerry Bryan
Brad Forsythe
McBride
Daryl and
Jeannie Schiff
Nashville
Wichita
Bryan
Isable
Charlie Swayze
Swayze
AP Profo
Mark Crick
Barber County
Images in Time chronicles Augusta history in photos
A photo essay titled Images in Time documents Augusta from its trading post origins to war years. Virginia Belt and Daylene Foreman compiled the study with images from the museum and locals. The Stella B. Haines foreword notes how the museum began with a room in public school and a restored log building, now on the National Register.
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Augusta
Local Historical Society
Virginia Belt
Daylene Foreman
Local History Museum
Stella B. Haines
James Shamletter
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