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Contents Preface ix 1. Macksville: The Escape from Lansing and the Shootout on Main Street 1 2. Genesis: Director Lou Richter and the KBI’s First Team 8 3. Transition: The Thirties, War, and New Leadership 18 4. Clutter: “Cold Blood” in Western Kansas, Justice on Lansing Gallows 37 5. Sanford: KBI Growth, 1957–1969 52 6. Directors: KBI Directors, 1969–1994 64 7. Samaritan: The KBI Helps Overturn Two Criminal Convictions 73 8. Pyle: Homicide without a Body 81 9. Nemechek: Serial Murder in Rural Kansas 93 10. Stephanie: “Stephanie’s Law” Born in Tragedy 109 11. Carrie: Second Coed’s Slaying Leads to Death Row 123 12. Shannon: The KBI Goes to Costa Rica 135 13. Liz: The KBI Assists in a Very Cold Case 154 14. 9/11: Priorities Change 202 15. Meth: Biggest Crime Scourge, 1996–2005 216 16. Matt: Methamphetamine Costs the Life of a Kansas Sheriff 230 17. BTK: The KBI Helps Pursue the Infamous Killer 262 18. Expansion: Special Agents Repositioned and the Creation of a Cold Case Squad 314 19. Forensics: Murder in a Soccer Field, National Accreditation, and New Laboratories 329 viii Contents 20. Reflections: The Project; Mississippi Mud; Technology 352 Notes  Index  Photographs follow page . ...

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