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Curtis Burks

Case from Kansas-city, MO dated Jul 22, 1931

Victim Details

Curtis C Burks

Male

White / Caucasian

Kansas-city

MO

1931-07-22

36

Curtis

Burks

07/17/2026

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In the turbulent days of Prohibition, a dedicated federal agent named Curtis C. Burks, a 36-year-old White / Caucasian male, met a violent end in Kansas City, Missouri. His death came during a raid on the Lusco-Note Flower Shop on July 22, 1931, a seemingly legitimate business masking illegal liquor operations. Agent Burks, along with other federal agents and local police, descended on the shop to execute a search warrant, unaware that their actions would lead them into a fatal confrontation wit ...
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