Bob Berdella Murder Case
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Bob Berdella Murder Case
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Description
A collection of photocopied newspaper articles, primarily from the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times, detailing the criminal activities of Robert A. Berdella and the subsequent investigation of those crimes. In April of 1988, a twenty-two-year old man escaped from a house at 4315 Charlotte in midtown Kansas City wearing only a dog collar. He told police he had been held captive and tortured by the owner of the house, Berdella. This led police to investigate the scene, where they found instruments of torture and records documenting what had been done to victims.
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1988 to 1993
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Berdella eventually confessed to killing six men after holding them hostage in his house, disposing of their bodies by dismembering them and placing them in trash bags to be hauled away with household trash. In exchange for his confession, he was sentenced to life in prison in 1989. He died of a heart attack three years later. The house where the crimes occurred was razed in 1993.
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Shelf Locator
Compilation, Bob Berdella Murder Case
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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