by Darren McMannis | Jun 26, 2018 | Roadside Remains
Roadside Crosses in Harvey County, Kansas MURDER Some murder victims from Harvey and Sedgwick counties faced their final moments along our road sides, or their bodies were later placed there. Beyond the tragedy of the situation itself comes the disrespect for the...
by Darren McMannis | May 25, 2018 | Murder, Roadside Memorials, Roadside Remains, Unwanted Children
Police say a decomposed body found under a bridge in rural central Kansas is a 5-year-old boy who has been missing since February. The Sedgwick County coroner’s office has identified the body of a child as that of Lucas Hernandez. Police say the boy’s...
by Darren McMannis | Sep 6, 2006 | Murder, Murderers Caught Here
Double Murder-Suicide Wichita police report a man killed two people last night and then turned the gun on himself. Police believe 27-year-old Charles Hankerson killed nineteen-year-old Jesus Talavera and Andra Smithhart, a woman in her thirties. He then shot himself...
by Darren McMannis | Jan 23, 2006 | Anger Among Friends, Murder
Blanchette Guilty of Schrag Murder The man accused of beating 23-year-old Matthew Schrag to death with a baseball bat said little Monday afternoon after he pleaded guilty to the Jan. 23 murder. Robert Blanchette, 26, stood next to defense attorney Sarah McKinnon as...
by Darren McMannis | Feb 23, 1987 | Meaningless Motives, Murder, Roadside Remains
Teen’s Body Found Near Halstead The body of a Newton teen-ager was found at 11:30 a.m. Monday at a secluded location on the shore of the Little Arkansas River about 2 miles northwest of Halstead, said Harvey County Sheriff Galen Morford. Morford identified the body...
by Darren McMannis | Apr 25, 1934 | Murder, Unwanted Children
Quizz Hutchinson Woman In Death Wife of Burrton Oil Field Worker Is Victim of Local Abortionist. J. Rodney Stone, Harvey county attorney from Newton, was expected to arrive here late this afternoon to question a Hutchinson woman in connection with the death of Mrs....
