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Joseph Otero Jr.

Case from Wichita, KA dated Jan 15, 1974

Victim Details

Name

Joseph Otero, Jr.

Gender

Male

City

Wichita

State

Date Of Death

1974-01-15

Age At Death

First Name

Joseph

Last Name

Otero Jr.

Last Updated

06/27/2026

Case Description

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Nine-year-old Hispanic male Joseph Otero Jr. was the youngest of Joseph and Julie Otero’s five children. His father, a Puerto-Rican-born Air Force master sergeant and boxing enthusiast, had moved the family into a modest frame house at 803 North Edgemoor Street in Wichita, Kansas, only a few months before the attack. The energetic 9-year-old Hispanic male—known to relatives as “Joey”—shared his parents’ love of pets and the self-defense lessons his mother taught her children.

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I've been reading about the Otero family tragedy, and I keep thinking about how this affected Charli... ...Read More
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