Prison City Murders – Case 16 – Inner Darkness

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April 20th, 2004. Jackson County Courthouse, Kansas City, Missouri.

Lorenzo J. Gilyard, Jr., is charged with 12 counts of first-degree murder in the strangling deaths of 12 Kansas City women. The dates of the killings range from 1977 through 1993. The prosecutor announces he will seek the death penalty. Gilyard is held at the county jail without bond.

Victims:

Age Date found murdered

Stacie Swofford    17    04/17/1977
Gwendolyn Kizine 15    01/23/1980
Margaret Miller    17    05/09/1982
Catherine Barry    34    03/14/1986
Naomi Kelly 23    08/16/1986
Debbie Blevins    32    11/27/1986
Ann Barnes    36    04/17/1987
Kellie Ford 20    06/09/1987
Angela Mayhew    19    09/12/1987
Sheila Ingold 36    11/03/1987
Carmen Hibbs    30    12/19/1987
Connie Luther    29    01/11/1993
Helga Kruger    26    02/12/1989

TIPS hotline in Kansas City (816) 474-8477

Sources:

Piers morgan youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzZIyF47k9c

https://www.news-leader.com

Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

https://www.kansascity.com/

https://newspaperarchive.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.newspapers.com/search/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/