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Kailey Westerhuis

Case from Platte, SD dated Sep 17, 2015

Victim Details

Kailey Westerhuis

Female

White / Caucasian

Platte

SD

2015-09-17

9

Kailey

Westerhuis

Yes

07/04/2026

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In the small, rural community of Platte, South Dakota, the morning of September 17, 2015, was shattered by the news of a house fire at the Westerhuis family home. First responders arrived to find the structure consumed by flames, and the initial fear was that the family of six had perished in the blaze. The grim discovery of their bodies in the ruins of their home sent a wave of grief through the tight-knit town. Kailey Westerhuis, a 9-year-old Caucasian female, her parents Scott and Nicole, and ...
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  • Mail Online: Funeral remembers four children killed in father's 'murder-suicide'
  • http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/family-believed-killed-by-house-fire-died-of-shotgun-wounds/article_fa188b6a-957c-59c2-9b47-f77346c13395.html
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    I was thinking about how communities come together after such unimaginable tragedies, and it truly s... ...Read More
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