Cold Cases in Kansas
ColdCaseIndex documents 8 cold cases in Kansas, spanning 1974–2004. 6 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.
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Brendan Tevada
Seventeen-year-old Brendan Tevada disappeared from Wichita, Kansas in July 2004. Despite investigation, he was never found. His case remains open in Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office files.
Carol Lloyd
Forty-one-year-old Carol Lloyd was found murdered in Lawrence, Kansas in April 2000. Despite investigation, the case went cold. It remains in Douglas County cold case files.
Lisa White
Twenty-nine-year-old Lisa White was found murdered in Kansas City, Kansas in April 1997. Despite investigation, the case went cold. It remains in Wyandotte County cold case files.
Carolyn Short
Thirty-year-old Carolyn Short was found murdered in Topeka, Kansas in March 1988. Despite investigation, the case went cold. It remains in Shawnee County cold case files.
Janet Leigh Wilson
Nineteen-year-old Janet Leigh Wilson was murdered in Wichita, Kansas in April 1981. Her case has been investigated by Wichita Police but remains unsolved. Cold case investigators have reviewed the evidence in recent year
Kansas Turnpike Jane Doe
An unidentified young woman's body was found near the Kansas Turnpike in October 1976. She was never identified despite forensic examination. Her case remains in NamUs as investigators continue trying to establish her id
BTK Killer Victims
Dennis Rader, known as BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill), murdered 10 people in and around Wichita, Kansas between 1974 and 1991. He taunted police and media for decades. After lying dormant, he began communicating again in 2004
Otero Family Murders
The Otero family — Joseph, Julie, Joseph Jr., and Josephine — were bound and murdered in their Wichita home by BTK killer Dennis Rader. This was BTK's first confirmed attack. Rader was not identified for 30 years. When h