| Description |
xii, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Macksville: the escape from Lansing and the shootout on Main Street -- Genesis : director Lou Richter and the KBI's first team -- Transition : the thirties, war, and new leadership -- Clutter : "cold blood" in western Kansas, justice on Lansing Gallows -- Sanford : KBI growth, 1957-1969 -- KBI directors, 1969-1994 -- Samaritan : the kbi helps overturn two criminal convictions -- Pyle : homicide without a body -- Nemechek : serial murder in rural Kansas -- Stephanie : "Stephanie's law" born in tragedy -- Carrie: second COED's slaying leads to death row -- Shannon : the KBI goes to Costa Rica -- Liz : KBI assists in a very cold case -- 9/11 : priorities change -- Meth : biggest crime scourge, 1996-2005 -- Matt : methamphetamine costs the life of a Kansas sheriff -- BTK : the KBI helps pursue the infamous killer -- Expansion : special agents repositioned and the creation of a cold case -- Squad -- Forensics : murder in a soccer field, national accreditation, and new laboratories -- Reflections : the project, Mississippi mud, technology -- Notes -- Index -- Photographs follow page. |
| Subject |
Kansas Bureau of Investigation -- History.
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Law enforcement -- Kansas -- History.
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Criminals -- Kansas -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780700618859 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0700618856 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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