Prison City Murders — Case 6 Part 2 — Evil Stepmother

Saturday, May 3rd, 1980. Miami County, Kansas. Mark and Barry, ages 17 and 14, decide to go fishing near Bull Creek in Miami County, Kansas, maybe an hour’s drive south of Kansas City. The area is deserted countryside—soon to be underwater when a Marais des Cygnes Reservoir Project is completed. After they tire of fishing, they go off to explore the nearby woods and fields. When Barry sees a fresh mound of dirt near the creek, the two teens walk over to look more closely. Ominously, the mound is 10 inches high, 6 feet long, and 4 feet wide. When they spot a piece of denim and a red shirt sticking out from the dirt, they poke gingerly at the cloth. They recoil at terrible smell and cry out “It’s a body.” Poking some more, they see what looks like it might be a knee. That’s finally enough for our young adventurers. Barry yells “We better go tell my mom” as they race away from the scene. I posted the links to the sources used for this episode below. These sources were especially important: Reporter Andy Hoffman’s book Family Affairs was invaluable. His website is https://www.andyhoffmanbooks.com Area newspaper provide excellent coverage of the case, particularly the Kansas City Star, Olathe Daily News, and the Columbia Missourian. I’d appreciate it if you would subscribe to Prison City Murders and write a review. Even critical feedback is appreciated. Recently I set up an email for the podcase [email protected] or you can comment on the cases on this website.  Thank you so much for listening and until next time, please don’t murder anybody. I don’t think you can listen to podcasts behind bars. Sources: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Moore_(politician) https://andyhoffmanbooks.blogspot.com/2012/05/update-on-my-book-family-affairs-twenty.html https://www.doc.ks.gov/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/05/07/A-jury-Friday-convicted-Sueanne-Hobson-of-first-degree-murder/3279389592000/ https://www.kansascity.com/ https://kansascity.newsbank.com https://newspaperarchive.com/us/kansas/olathe/olathe-daily-news https://www.newspapers.com/ https://www.ancestry.com/ https://www.genealogybank.com/ https://www.findagrave.com/