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Jonah Foster

Case from Wichita, KS dated Jul 24, 1975

Victim Details

Jonah Foster

October 21, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Wichita

KS

1975-07-24

1975-07-24

1884-10-17

90

emma-foster-wichita-ks

Jonah

Foster

06/20/2026


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Who killed Jonah and Emma Foster?
In the summer of 1975, a quiet street in Wichita, Kansas, became the scene of a brutal and perplexing crime that left a community in shock. On the evening of Thursday, July 24th, 95-year-old Jonah Foster and his 83-year-old wife, Emma, were viciously attacked in their home at 1643 N. Volutia. The elderly couple, who were described by neighbors as wonderful people who wouldn't have bothered anybody, were found deceased the following evening.

The discovery was made after their daughter beca ...
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