Prison City Murders — Case 5 How to Ruin Your Life



6:30 pm, Thursday, June 13th, 1996.  Overland Park, Kansas.

A beautician at the Snip ‘N’ Clip Hair Salon finishes trimming a client’s hair. She and her customer walk to the front of the store. They see two young men approach the rear of a convertible parked outside. One of the men gets into the driver’s side of the vehicle. The other man points a gun through the open window at the man sitting in the passenger’s seat. As the passenger exits the car, a shot is fired.


Reporter Tony Rizzo covered the carjacking story and the trial for the Kansas City Star. The Star also did excellent coverage on the escape. There is information online about the interviews with Toby. Just google ‘Escape Lansing Toby Dog’ and you’ll find them. A very good interview was conducted by Lauren Fox at http://www.KansasCity.com.

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Main Sources:

http://www.kscourts.org/cases-and-opinions/opinions/supct/1999/19990416/79051.htm

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article216044285.html

https://www.kmbc.com/article/toby-young-talks-about-escape-prison-life/3649543

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/exclusive-kansas-jail-worker-talks-helping-man-escape-article-1.2265651

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-fmcc-criminallaw/

https://www.safeharborprisondogs.com

https://tobydorr.com

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://newspaperarchive.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/