Beyond Cold Blood : The KBI from Ma Barker to BTK / Larry Welch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welch, Larry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kansas Bureau of Investigation--History.

Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Criminals--Kansas--History.

Criminals.

Law enforcement--Kansas--History.

Law enforcement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 396 p. :) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2012.

Summary:

"A remarkable whodunit for readers interested in some of the state's most gruesome modern crimes."-Kansas History "Welch's (former director, Kansas Bureau of Investigation) book is both a history of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) as an organization and a retelling of some of the major crimes that have occurred in the state. Welch gets readers to care about the people involved in helping protect the public."-Library Journal.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Kansas Notable Book, 2013

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7006-1885-6

0-7006-2057-5

OCLC:

899266803