Kansas City Stowers Researchers Shot Dead Earns International Reaction

Kansas City homicide numbers continue along a HISTORIC SURGE and, once again, this could be the 2nd most violent year in local history. 

The slaying of two young, beloved and brilliant scientists has garnered more publicity than most local murders because the couple were not knowingly plagued by other factors that tend to confront KC's homicide victims like poverty, violent home life, drug addiction and/or street gang affiliation.

The murder victims were elite young people with a bright future ahead of them. 

Sadly . . . 

As police continue to investigate the gruesome slaughter . . . Locals struggle to make sense of worsening homicide numbers which confront not only a growing number of people in this cowtown but also the nation at large.

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"On Wednesday, Antonia Urrejola Noguera, minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, said the general counsel of Chile in Chicago is in contact with law enforcement in Missouri. One of the victims, Pablo Guzman-Palma, 25, is a native of Chile. The second victim, Camila Behrensen, was born in Argentina. Responding fire crews located the pair inside an apartment unit in the 4100 block of Oak Street. An investigation revealed they had been shot."

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Slaying of 2 Kansas City science researchers garners international attention

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Officials in South America are following the deaths of two Stowers Institute researchers who were found dead in an apartment fire in Kansas City, Missouri, over the weekend. On Wednesday, Antonia Urrejola Noguera , minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, said the general counsel of Chile in Chicago is in contact with law enforcement in Missouri.

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US murder rate continued grim climb in 2021, new FBI estimates show

Violent crime continued to rise across the U.S. last, according to an annual estimate the FBI released Wednesday. Murders increased 4.3% last year, rising from 22,000 to 22,900, while rape instances rose as well. The FBI acknowledges that violent crime is at the very least matching the high levels seen in 2020, which surged nearly 30% over 2019.


Homicides Continued to Increase in 2021, According to the FBI's Flawed Crime Report

The estimated 22,900 murders and other killings last year would bring the nation's homicide rate to 6.9 per 100,000-the highest in almost 25 years.

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