Kansas City Metro Church Elder Robert Lee Harris Guilty Of Strangling Wife Tanisha Harris & Dumping Her Dead Body

This story garnered headlines across the world and a great deal of local interest in the holy man caught in tragic set of circumstances wherein he wrongly seemed to think that murder was the only way out. 

Inevitably he confessed to the crime and helped police find the body . . . Here's the aftermath . . .

A jury found Robert Lee Harris guilty of first-degree premeditated murder in the death of Tanisha Harris.

Overland Park police responded to the couple's apartment on January 9, 2018, to investigate an argument between the couple.

The department said a few hours after officers left the apartment Harris called to report his wife missing. Court documents show Harris eventually told investigators he played a role in her disappearance.

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Kansas City-area church elder convicted of wife's murder

OLATHE, Kan. - A Johnson County jury convicted an Overland Park man, and former church elder, in the murder of his wife. A jury found Robert Lee Harris guilty of first-degree premeditated murder in the death of Tanisha Harris. Overland Park police responded to the couple's apartment on January 9, 2018, to investigate an argument between the couple.