Homicide

Prosecutors have charged Desiree Boone with second degree murder and aggravated assault in a shooting earlier this week. Police say Boone shot and killed Earl Sullivan, Jr. Monday night. Investigators say the intended target was her cousin who was in the room with Sullivan. Police say Boone was holding her one-year-old daughter in her arms when she fired a single shot through the wall --------------------- Original Story, November 8 Wichita police say the man who was shot and killed in Wichita's Delano District Monday evening was not the shooter's intended target.

Wichita police say a man found dead over the weekend was killed in an argument over a dog. Police told Eyewitness News John Tolliver, 47, has been in a fight with his ex-girlfriend over shared property, including a dog.  Investigators say the two had been arguing through a series of text messages.  They believe the woman forwarded the texts to another man.  Police say that man and another person went to Tolliver's home while he wasn't there...

Officers are investigating a homicide that happened early Sunday morning in north Wichita. Police were called out just after 2:40am to 1400 N. Kansas. When they arrived they found a 47-year-old man dead inside of the home. Officers say the preliminary cause of death is blunt force trauma. Authorities say there was a 911 call at the same home Saturday night for a domestic disturbance. Police are still trying to figure out whether the two events are related.

She was found beaten, naked and dead in a Wichita alley. Now police are trying to retrace her steps. Police found 44-year old Janis Sanders' body in an alley between a vacant house and a business near Lincoln and Washington. "It's scary. It's really scary it's close to home," said Diane Schmidt who lives nearby. Police say she was murdered and while they don't know exactly how, police say she was badly beaten. "She was clearly beaten but we don't know if that was the cause of death yet, the autopsy will show that," said Deputy Chief Tom Stolz with the Wichita Police Department.

Update June 3, 2011 Police have arrested the two suspects in a Tuesday evening homicide in west Wichita. 37-year-old Shannon Hutchinson and 33-year-old Amy Newell were arrested Thursday afternoon in Norton County, about 40 miles north of Wakeeneey. A woman who lives in Edmond, called 9-1-1 to report a home being burglarized.  She told authorities she recognized Newell after seeing her picture in the news.  Norton Co. Sheriff's officers got there and made the arrests without incident.

Prosecutors said, Kassidy Barrett was distracted by her cell phone when her car crashed into another vehicle, killing a man. Barrett was charged with Vehicular Homicide, a misdemeanor, for the June 2010 accident. Twenty-five year-old Tusten Edwards had pulled off near a concrete barrier in the center median of Kellogg near Seneca to get a tire when Barrett ran into Edward's vehicle, which then hit and killed him. Barrett admitted she was distracted because she was talking on the phone, and even texting just minutes before the crash.  During her bench trial Friday, prosecutors argued that's why she didn't move over to avoid hitting Edwards but Barrett's defense said Edwards was parked in a dangerous place.  According to witness testimony Edwards' truck was sticking a couple of feet out in the middle of Kellogg.

A 33-year-old Wichita man is charged with second degree murder in the death of a 27-year-old earlier this month. Christopher James is accused of shooting Jose Estrada-Andrade at an apartment complex at 21st and Waco.  Police say Estrada-Andrade was shot three times after an argument in the parking lot. ---------- Wichita police say a man wanted in connection with the city's latest homicide has turned himself in. Police say...

Wichita police identified the victim of a deadly shooting early Easter morning.  Tyree Bell, 17, was shot once in the head with a rifle, Lt. Ken Landwehr said. The shooting happened around one o'clock Sunday morning in the 2500 block of E. Shadybrook in Northeast Wichita. A 15 year-old registered gang member, fired the rifle once, after seeing his sister in bed with Bell. He was "upset over the fact that they were together, having relations" Landwehr said. The 17 year-old sister was shot in the hand and shoulder by the same bullet that killed Bell.  She was in serious condition, but expected to survive, according to police.

A 38-year-old man is dead after being stabbed in the leg.  The man was taken to Wesley Medical Center's west Emergency Room by a woman he lives with.  He died a short time later at the hospital. Police are now questioning the woman. The incident happened in the 7000 block of N. Nantucket. Police are investigating the incident asa homicide.

Three years ago, Salina police found Beverly Logan dead inside her home at 1200 E. Iron. Investigators say she was the victim of a brutal attack. No one has ever been arrested in the case and no suspect has been identified. The homicide happened around noon on January 21, 2008. A person who was in the area around the time tells police they saw a dark skinned male around 25-35 years old. The witness says the man had a light mustache, beard and dreadlocks. Salina police believe at least two items were taken from Logan's home during the crime, life-like porcelain dolls.