Valerie Howard

Death by Force

On February 12, 2025, the quiet community of Lenexa, Kansas, was disturbed by a grim discovery that marked the city's first and second homicides of the year. Inside a home on West 90th Street, police found the bodies of two women, later identified as 63-year-old female Valerie Howard and her 71-year-old former sister-in-law, Joyce Austin. Both women had been fatally shot, their lives brought to a violent end in what should have been the safety of their shared residence. The initial call to autho ...Read More

Johnson County Post: Lenexa Police called to home multiple times before deadly shooting, affidavit says

Johnson County Post: Lenexa Police investigate after 2 women found shot to death in home

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