EPISODE · Jul 9, 2023 · 11 MIN
Missing Nori Jenkins Topeka Kansas
from Cold Case Kansas: A Social Detective Podcast · host Cold Case Kansas
Nori Oyakawa Jenkins was reported missing on July 20, 1986. The Department of Justice says she walked away from a state mental health hospital. Jenkins was diagnosed with mental illness, and admitted to killing her two children: Linda, who was 3 and Doris, who was 23 months old. Reports show Jenkins, then 30, strangled her daughters to death in their Topeka home in Jan. 1964. By March of that year, Jenkins was found not guilty by reason of insanity on the murder charges of her two daughters. She was committed to Topeka State Hospital, as the Council Grove Republican reported on March 24, 1964. If you have information that could help the case, contact the Topeka Police Department at (785) 368-9551 or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at (785) 296-4017. Trailer @colacitycrimepodcast https://www.kake.com/story/42180376/missing-in-kansas-nori-oyakawa-jenkins uncovered.com
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Nori Oyakawa Jenkins was reported missing on July 20, 1986. The Department of Justice says she walked away from a state mental health hospital. Jenkins was diagnosed with mental illness, and admitted to killing her two children: Linda, who was 3 and Doris, who was 23 months old. Reports show Jenkins, then 30, strangled her daughters to death in their Topeka home in Jan. 1964. By March of that year, Jenkins was found not guilty by reason of insanity on the murder charges of her two daughters. She was committed to Topeka State Hospital, as the Council Grove Republican reported on March 24, 1964. If you have information that could help the case, contact the Topeka Police Department at (785) 368-9551 or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at (785) 296-4017. Trailer @colacitycrimepodcast https://www.kake.com/story/42180376/missing-in-kansas-nori-oyakawa-jenkins uncovered.com
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