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Brutal double slaying sparks hunt in Kansas City
Police seek an attractive young woman and two men after the robbery related killings of service station manager John D. Kemp, 47, and attendant William Geoffrey Simmons, 18, on Kansas City's south side. Investigators note Kemp was beaten, the safe remained untouched, and $231 was taken. A separate report details a fishing trip tragedy on Table Rock Lake where Gary Taylor, 28, is missing and presumed drowned after a boat capsized后.
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Kansas City
South Side
John D. Kemp
William Geoffrey Simmons
Kemp
Dennis Willis
Willis
Prospect
Simmons
Northeast High School
John Steiner
Steiner
Table Rock Lake
Reeds Spring
Independence
Here
Gary Taylor
Stone County
James R. Barnes
John A. Ready
Branson
Barnes
Ready
Taylor