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In the winter of 1993, the discovery of a body in an apartment building in Kansas City, Missouri, would become a piece of a much larger and more sinister puzzle. Leroy Hightower, a 54-year-old Marine veteran of the Vietnam War and a retired officer for the Kansas City Police Department, was found deceased on December 8, 1993. His remains were in a state of advanced decomposition, making it impossible for investigators to determine a precise cause of death.

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Victim Details

Leroy Hightower

Male

Black / African American

Kansas City

MI

1993-12-08

54

Leroy

Hightower

12/27/2025