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James Perkins

Case from Wichita, KS dated Sep 03, 1977

Victim Details

James Perkins

October 21, 2022

Male

Caucasian / White

Wichita

KS

1977-09-03

1977-09-03

33

James

Perkins

07/03/2026


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Who killed James Perkins?
In the late summer of 1977, a grim discovery was made in an alley in Wichita, Kansas, forever altering the lives of those who knew James Perkins, a 33-year-old Caucasian male. On September 3rd, his body was found east of 200 S Commerce, his life brought to an abrupt and violent end by trauma to the head. The circumstances surrounding his death remain shrouded in mystery, a cold case that has lingered for decades.

At the time of his death, Perkins, a minister from a Kansas Methodist church ...
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  • Cold Case Unit | Wichita, KS
  • State v. Peoples :: 1980 :: Kansas Supreme Court Decisions
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