Woman charged with tax evasion caught in Kansas

By GLENN E. RICE

The Kansas City Star

Letti Strait

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A woman wanted for tax evasion and previously named as a person of interest in her former husband’s 2007 murder was captured Monday night in north-central Kansas.

Letti Strait, 48, of Parkville, is accused of filing false tax returns claiming her children as dependents even though she had lost custody of the children, said Eric Zahnd, Platte County prosecutor. If convicted on all charges, she would face up to 22 years in prison.

On Sept. 1, 2007, Strait’s former husband, Charles V. Cammisano, 52, was found dead in his home in the 4800 block of Northwest High Drive in Riverside. He had been shot several times. A 17-member Metro Squad investigated almost 100 leads before disbanding.

When authorities learned Strait may have been staying at a home in Concordia, Kan., they enlisted officers there to check the residence, Riverside police Sgt. Dennis Jones said.

“She ran out the back door and into the arms of police,” he said.

Strait was jailed in Concordia Monday night and was expected to be extradited to Missouri, Jones said.

Zahnd said no charges had been filed in Cammisano’s death. Riverside police are continuing to investigate, he said.

Posted on Mon, Oct. 26, 2009 02:18 PM

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