Crime

Victim of murder-suicide in KCK identified

By Toriano Porter

tporter@kcstar.com
Kansas City, Kan., police CSI officers awaited the approval of a warrant Tuesday to search the premises where a teen discovered the bodies of her mother and stepfather. Police identified the victim in the murder-suicide as 45-year-old Jennifer Combs.
Kansas City, Kan., police CSI officers awaited the approval of a warrant Tuesday to search the premises where a teen discovered the bodies of her mother and stepfather. Police identified the victim in the murder-suicide as 45-year-old Jennifer Combs. Toriano Porter The Kansas City Star

Kansas City, Kan. police have released the name of the victim in Tuesday’s murder-suicide.

Police say a teen came home Tuesday afternoon and found her mother, Jennifer Combs, 45, and stepfather dead in the 3000 block of South 46th Terrace.

The discovery was made around 2:40 p.m.

Police later confirmed that Combs and another person — tentatively identified as her husband — died from gunshot wounds.

Police intercepted the teen’s younger brother before he returned home from school to spare him from witnessing the crime scene, Kansas City, Kan. police spokesman Tom Tomasic said.

Toriano Porter: 816-234-4779, @torianoporter

This story was originally published September 7, 2016 at 6:17 PM with the headline "Victim of murder-suicide in KCK identified."

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