James B West

In the summer of 2013, a grim discovery was made in Kansas City, Missouri, shattering the relative quiet of the area near Swope Parkway and Michigan Avenue. Under the heavy concrete of a bridge, a place that had become a makeshift home, the body of 52-year-old James West was found. It was a Saturday night when authorities were called to the scene, initially responding to a report that a man had been stabbed. However, upon their arrival and subsequent investigation, a different and equally brutal ...