Kansas City Crime Scene: Drugstore Cowboy, Torture Charges & Hope

Right now we focus on a quick roundup whilst local media are still talking about tree limbs. 

In this compilation we focus on indictments, violent crime aftermath, scary deets of local atrocities . . . And just a bit of hope toward the end of the post. 

Check TKC news gathering . . .

Man charged following drugstore robbery on July 5 in KCMO

A man has been charged following a robbery at a drugstore on July 5 in Kansas City, Missouri.

2 Kansas City area men sentenced for kidnapping, torturing man in Wyandotte County

The victim was shot, beaten and stabbed, court documents state.

Wyandotte County jury convicts man of first-degree murder in death of Kansas City, Kansas woman

A jury on Friday found Verlee McCullough guilty of first-degree murder.

Slain NKC officer Daniel Vasquez's accused murderer set for trial in fall of 2025

Joshua Rocha, the man accused of murdering North Kansas City Police Officer Daniel Vasquez last summer during a traffic stop, will go on trial beginning in September 2025.

Kansas City man faces long recovery after being struck by wrong-way driver on I-70

"I was working Uber, trying to earn money for my family. And then the next thing I know, I woke up and I was in a hospital,"

Survivor Transforms Tragedy Into Service

For years, amending the law to require just one act fizzled. Other states had done so, but their attempts included survivor impact testimony. Kansas had not until 2017 when Valdivia and others stepped forward to share their stories. From tragedy to triumph, Valdivia helped change Kansas law so other survivors could receive the help she did not.

Organizations advocate counseling from an early age to help cut down the number of homicides in KCMO

Sunnie Carney lost her father to homicide and now she tries to help children who also lost a family member to murder.

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