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Johnathon Porter

Case from Kansas-city, MO dated Apr 24, 2018

Victim Details

Johnathon Porter

Male

White / Caucasian

Kansas-city

MO

2018-04-24

23

Johnathon

Porter

07/14/2026

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On a spring morning in Kansas City, Missouri, 23-year-old Johnathon L. Porter was at his job as a construction worker, laying pipe near Ninth Street and Brooklyn Avenue on April 24, 2018. He was a young man with a bright future, eagerly anticipating the birth of his first child with his fiancée. Porter, who grew up in Appleton City, had recently moved back to the Kansas City area to be closer to family as he prepared for fatherhood.

The day took a tragic and senseless turn when a strange ...
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  • Family, friends say utility worker killed over a cigarette - KSHB
  • $12,500 reward offered after utility worker gunned down over cigarette
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