Crime

36-year-old man identified as victim of an alleged murder-suicide in Johnson County

Andrew G. Lyman, 36, was identified as the victim of an alleged murder-suicide in June involving a family member inside an Olathe home they shared.
Andrew G. Lyman, 36, was identified as the victim of an alleged murder-suicide in June involving a family member inside an Olathe home they shared. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A 36-year-old man was identified as the victim who was allegedly killed in a murder-suicide last month inside an Olathe home, a police spokesman said Wednesday.

Police checking the welfare of a person found Andrew G. Lyman’s body about 4:20 p.m. June 22 inside a home in the 13100 block of South Brougham Drive, Sgt. Moncayo, a spokesman for the Olathe Police Department said in an email. Lyman was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound.

Officers also found the body of a 70-year-old woman. The woman, who has not been identified, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Lyman and the woman were family members and were living at the home.

The circumstances leading up to the killing have not been released.

Robert A. Cronkleton
The Kansas City Star
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