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Long before the formation of the Kansas City, Kansas, Department’s cold case unit, detectives knew in 2003 that DNA tied a former truck driver to the 1998 murder of Christina King.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s recently formed cold case unit has identified suspects in 11 homicides dating back to 1979, Chief Karl Oakman said.
Kansas City, Kansas, police’s cold case unit has sent three cases to Wyandotte County prosecutors for consideration of charges.
Police identified the victim as Walter Sawyer, III, 52, of Kansas City, Kansas.
The 34-year-old gunshot victim was critically wounded June 5 in the 500 block of Elizabeth Avenue, according to police. He died in the hospital the next day.