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Thomas Rice

Case from Kansas-city, MO dated Jan 04, 2018

Victim Details

Thomas Rice

Male

White / Caucasian

Kansas-city

MO

2018-01-04

44

Thomas

Rice

07/25/2026

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In the cold of early January 2018, Thomas J. Rice III, a 44-year-old man, became the first homicide victim of the year in Kansas City. His life was cut short on the evening of January 4th, when he was discovered unresponsive inside his parked car along U.S. 40 and Manchester Trafficway. Paramedics who arrived at the scene could do nothing for him; he was pronounced dead from a single gunshot wound to the head.

The investigation into his death quickly pointed towards a neighbor, Aasim I. K ...
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  • kansascity: Prosecutors believe 52-year-old KC man committed city’s first homicide of 2018
  • kansascity: Kansas City police identify the city’s first homicide victim
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