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Deadly August crushes Kansas City families, overworks police

August’s sad toll: 19 men and two women — the city’s most homicides in a single month in at least 18 years, perhaps ever. Each life lost reverberated through families and friends and co-workers. While survivors grieve, Kansas City's murder squad investigates: Three all-nighters and more than 60 hours of overtime a detective during one deadly eight-day stretch.

VICTIMS REMEMBERED BY FAMILY

Vincent McCollum

His goal was to open a restaurant

Erick S. Gandarilla

Guardsman died here while his unit was in Kosovo

Jarod Sesley

His mom will move... once his killer is caught

Darnell Cooper

He forgave the killer of his daughter

Derrick Blount

Died after being shot for a second time this year

Thomas Howard II

He was preparing to buy a house to raise his boys

Vincent McCollumDarnell CooperDerrick BlountErick GandarillaLarry J. OatesMyilan NortonBrandon GarnerEugene StevensonLeRoy CunninghamStevie D. GreenTom Howard IIJazmine StiggersLamonte CurtisJesse WilliamsThomas LewisAdolph HerronJeremy MeredithTamika McNealOtis BrownJarod D. SesleyGary A. McElroy

MONTHLY HOMICIDES

Charting the monthly murders in Kansas City

  • 1991 Murders
  • 1992 Murders
  • 1993 Murders
  • 1994 Murders
  • 1995 Murders
  • 1996 Murders
  • 1997 Murders
  • 1998 Murders
  • 1999 Murders
  • 2000 Murders
  • 2001 Murders
  • 2002 Murders
  • 2003 Murders
  • 2004 Murders
  • 2005 Murders
  • 2006 Murders
  • 2007 Murders
  • 2008 Murders

* Through Sept. 27th

August 2008 Kansas City Murders

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WHERE THE HOMICIDES HAPPENED


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