Thomas P. Lamb Murder Case
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Thomas P. Lamb Murder Case
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Description
A collection of 106 pages of photocopied newspaper articles from the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times detailing the crimes perpetrated by Thomas Preston Lamb and the subsequent investigation of those crimes. Lamb was accused of kidnapping and murdering Karen Sue Kemmerly, a twenty-four-year-old UMKC student around December 5, 1969, and of kidnapping Patricia Ann Childs the following January. While imprisoned during his trial, Lamb escaped from the Johnson County (Kan.) jail but was captured a short while later in La Cygne, Kansas. Lamb was found guilty of the kidnappings and murder, and was sentenced to three life terms. While incarcerated, he tried to have his sentence commuted based on his contention that he was suffering from gender confusion and required sexual reassignment surgery (this assertion was brought forth during the trial, as well). His motion was denied. Each article is annotated with its source and date of publication.
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1969 to 1974
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Subject (local)
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Digital Collection(s)
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Related Item
The Kansas City Star and Times
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Note(s)
Victims of Thomas P. Lamb included the following: (1) Karen Kemmerly (24-year-old Olathe woman strangled and stabbed to death); (2) Patricia Ann Childs (18-year-old abducted from shopping center and rescued by the police in a car chase). Lamb was convicted and sentenced to three life sentences. Later a motion was filed in court asking for a sex re-assignment operation for Lamb. The motion was based on the findings of a Menninger Clinic psychiatrist. The motion was denied and the life sentence was upheld.
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Shelf Locator
Compilation, Thomas Preston Lamb 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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