On November 5^th, 2005, Paramjit Singh was working at his job in a convenience store in the 1300 block of East Bannister Road in Kansas City.  Apparently a robber entered the store and demanded money.  At some point the unknown robber shot and killed Mr. Singh.  An undisclosed amount of cash was taken.  A reward of up to $5,000 is available for information leading to an arrest in this case.

On October 23^rd, 2005, Kansas City Police were called to 75^th and Troost on a disturbance.  At the scene officers found about 60 spect shell casings.  At about the same time officers walking out of the Metro Patrol Station near 63^rd and Woodland saw a car pull into the parking lot and the occupants called to them for help.  In the car police found 22 year-old Gary G. Scott dead from a gunshot wound to the head.  The other three people in the car had sustained non life threatening wounds.  They told the officers they had been in the lot of a gas station at 75^th and Troost where they had a verbal argument with a woman.  A male with her pulled out a handgun and opened fire on the victims’ car, striking all four occupants and killing Mr. Scott.  The case remains unsolved.  If you can help call, email or text your tip to Crime Stoppers.  A cash reward of up to $1,000 is available for information leading to an arrest.

On October 16^th, 2005, a pedestrian walking in the area of 92^nd and Pitcher Road in Independence, saw what they thought was a pile of trash in a vacant lot there.  When they looked closer it turned out to be carpet padding and a blanket rolled up around the body of 22 year-old Lakota R. Linville.  Only her head was exposed.

Independence police responded and immediately started an investigation that revealed the victim had been beaten and stabbed to death.  Neighbors told police that as of 7:00 that morning the “pile of trash” had been there but no one looked more closely at that time, as illegal dumping was common in the area.  Other neighbors said they did not see it.

Police learned the victim worked as a prostitute along Independence Avenue in Kansas City and had been with a customer as late as 3:30 that morning.  DNA testing cleared that customer of suspicion.  About an hour before the body was found an Independence police officer on patrol in the area had seen a brown, nineties model Ford Explorer park in the lot where the body was found.  There didn’t seem to be anyone around and the truck blocked the view of the spot where Lakota’s body was.  It is unknown if this vehicle had anything to do with her death.

Police said it appeared she was killed elsewhere and her body dumped in the lot.  The blanket in which she was found was distinctive and they hope it may trigger someone’s memory.  It was a southwestern themed blanket with a desert scene with a skeleton head of a steer with horns.  The spring following her murder, Lakota’s tribe held a blessing ceremony at the spot where she was found to help bring peace to her spirit.

Police hope some has information that will bring justice as well.

At about 6:00 a.m. on August 15^th, 2003, David “Ray”Ninemire was completing his shift as a grocery store manager at a super market at 47^th and Mission Road in Westwood, Kansas.  While working he heard a female employee scream and ran to the front of the store to help.  When he arrived he encountered a man armed with a handgun who was trying to rob the store.   The suspect fired at Mr. Ninemire who was struck in the leg by the bullet, which severed an artery.  He quickly bled to death.  The suspect then calmly walked out the door, shooting a customer who was entering.  The customer was not seriously injured.  The suspect was described as a male, about 5”5”, thin build wearing a fake beard and top hat in what witnesses called “an Abraham Lincoln” disguise.  The suspect fled on foot.  Several contributors added to the reward for information leading to an arrest making a possible pay out of $16,000 plus an additional $5,000 offered by the state of Kansas.

At about 1:00 on the morning of May 23^rd, 2003, Kansas City Police were called to the area of the 6000 block of Blue Hills on the sound of shots.  They were unable to locate anything at that time.  Just after 6:00 that morning they were called back on a report of a body found in an apartment at that location.  26 year-old Willis J. Johnson had been shot several times with a shotgun and apparently had been dead for several hours.  Witnesses said they had seen the victim on the previous evening arguing with an unknown black woman in the parking lot.  A reward of up to $1,000 is available for any tip that leads to an arrest in this case.

On August 24^th, 2002, 71 year-old Shirley McKeown set out from her home to help her daughter at her house in midtown Kansas City.  She was never heard from again.  On September 3^rd, 2002, her car was found concealed behind a vacant house at 33^rd and Highland.  Due to the amount of her blood and other evidence found in the car, the case was ruled a homicide investigation.  Her body still has not been found and no arrests have been made.  Any tip leading to an arrest in this case is eligible for a cash reward of up to $10,000.

On July 24^th, 2001, at about 7:00 in the evening, Kansas City, Kansas police officers responded to a call about a woman down in an abandoned house in the 900 block of Ohio.  When officers arrived they found the partially nude body of 63 year-old Kia Vang.

The victim had been stabbed to death and sexually assaulted.  She had numerous stab wounds to her chest and several defensive knife wounds indicating she had tried to resist her attacker.

She had last been seen at about 8:00 that morning walking around the neighborhood, as she often did, looking for aluminum cans to sell for recycling.

This cold case remains unsolved and there is a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest.

On September 10th, 2000 58 year-old Caroline Neal was working a night shift at a convenience store at 63^rd and Oak in Kansas City when two masked men armed with guns entered the store.  Ms. Neal barely had a chance to comply with the gunmen’s demands when she was shot and killed.  The suspects, both black males, were wearing Halloween masks, one of them a mask such as the one from the “Scream” motion pictures.  The case remains cold.  A reward of up to $1,000 is available for information leading to an arrest in this case.

Just after midnight on October 2, 1997, Kansas City Police were dispatched on an ambulance call to Blue River Road and Chestnut in an isolated area in south Kansas City.  When they arrived they found 18 year-old Mose T. Davis lying in the southbound lanes of the roadway dead from multiple gunshot wounds.  The Kansas City Police Department’s Cold Case Murder Squad continues to investigate this homicide and believes that someone still has information.  If you can help call, email, or text your tip to Crime Stoppers.  A cash reward will go to the tip that leads to an arrest.