Kansas City Crime Scene: Motel Murder & Metro Human Trafficking

Whilst the plebs are watching the game . . . Here's a quick peek at more than a few links we're checking that include crime reporting, ALLEGED misdeeds and police action.

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Woman dies in shooting near Stoney Creek Hotel in Independence

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - One person died in a shooting Saturday near the Stoney Creek Hotel in Independence, Missouri. The Independence Police Department responded to reports of a shooting around 10:56 a.m. at 18011 East Bass Pro Drive.

KNOW THE SIGNS: Human trafficking happens in our area, authorities say, and they want you to know how to spot it

Officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri Department of Transportation, and the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department are taking part in a new human trafficking awareness initiative, the groups announced Friday. Hundreds of cases have been reported on both sides of the state line in Kansas City.

Teen boy in life-threatening condition after shooting near 98th, Donnelly in KCMO

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A shooting in the 9800 block of Donnelly Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, left one person with life-threatening injuries Friday. Officers reported to the area just before 3 p.m. The victim, identified by police as a teen boy, was transported to an area hospital.

Man accused of using AR-style pistol to kill victim at Independence apartment after party

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man faces a second degree murder charge for a fatal shooting at the end of a party at an Independence apartment. Vyshon Wilson, 18, also is charged in Jackson County Court with armed criminal action. Independence police were sent to an apartment on a reported shooting about 2 a.m.

Video shows strangers follow boy, steal packages from Independence home

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, woman tried to stop thieves from taking her neighbor's package Thursday evening. But Tammy Baggett didn't see them chasing her 10-year-old neighbor moments before stealing the items. "Oh my God, I didn't know he was home," Baggett said. "He's a little upset."

'The world lost a beautiful soul' when pregnant 22-year-old was murdered in Kansas City

Bright paintings and figures etched with pencil hang in frames - a tribute to the artist. Loved ones look on and remember the hands that created the pieces, abstract portraits and vivid landscapes made by a young mother's shading and stroking. The art tells the story of a blooming life before it was cut short.

Court docs: 16-year-old shot, killed man before fleeing to nearby park in KCMO

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A 16-year-old boy is accused of shooting and killing a man on Dec. 30, 2022, in the 6900 block of E. 17th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Court documents show police responded around 8:15 p.m. to a home in the area on reports of a shooting.

Citing a big need, Johnson County, Kansas, doubles the number of medical death investigators

KEY TO THIS FORECAST AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ADDRESSED IN ABOUT SIX MINUTES. KRIS: IN ONE MONTH, JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL DEATH INVESTIGATORS BUT ITS DEATH RATE ITSELF IS MOSTLY UNCHANGED. KMBC9'S REBECCA GANNON TAKES US TO OLATHE, TO EXPLAIN. THIS IS OUR MAIN AUTOPSY SUITE.

Overland Park man sentenced to 103 years in prison in rape case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Johnson County, Kansas, judge Friday sentenced an Overland Park man to 103 years in prison in connection to a 2022 rape case. Jason Landreth, 45, will serve the next 1,236 months in prison without the chance of parole after he pleaded guilty last October to one count of rape and one count of aggravated force by sodomy.

62-year-old inmate dies at Lansing Correctional Facility

LANSING, Kan. - The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Kansas Department of Corrections are investigating a homicide that occurred Friday night at the Lansing Correctional Facility. The Correctional facility was contacted by the KBI just after 9:30 p.m. on Friday to report the suspicious death of a resident.

Independence police asking for help to find man wanted for second-degree murder in December homicide, considered armed and dangerous

The Independence, Missouri Police Department is asking for help to locate a man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting investigation. Police are looking for 18-year-old Vyshon D. Wilson.Police said detectives have obtained an arrest warrant for second-degree murder and armed criminal action against Wilson in connection with the Dec.

Former KC mob member convicted of murder-for-hire ordered free on compassionate release

A man convicted of arranging "a mob murder" and sentenced to life in federal prison was ordered free Friday after being granted compassionate release. John A. Mandacina, 76, has terminal lung cancer and doctors have told him he has less than six months to live, according to a motion filed in December.

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