In the late summer of 2015, the quiet of a Kansas City neighborhood was shattered by a house fire that revealed a deeper tragedy. On August 23rd, firefighters were dispatched to a blaze in the 300 block of Oakley Avenue. After extinguishing the flames, which were primarily contained to a bedroom, they made a grim discovery: the body of 61-year-old William Paul Simmons. It was immediately clear to investigators that his death was not an accident, and the case was quickly classified as a homicide.
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