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Kayla Jeanette Kinder

Case from Billings, MT dated Mar 22, 2015

Victim Details

Kayla Jeanette Kinder

Female

White / Caucasian

Billings

MT

2015-03-22

22

Kayla

Jeanette Kinder

07/07/2026

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Kayla Jeanette Kinder, a 22-year-old White woman, was shot in the head inside a Billings Heights home on March 22, 2015. She was rushed to St. Vincent Healthcare and placed on life support; the following day, March 23, she died from her wounds, and her family began the work of saying goodbye. Her obituary would later sketch the outline of a young life rooted in Billings—schools, family, the ordinary details that make a place feel like home.

Investigators quickly focused on John Edward ...
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  • The Billings Gazette: Woman shot in Heights on Sunday dies Monday; officials release name
  • The Billings Gazette: Man arrested in Sunday shooting walked away from prerelease on March 15, charged with escape
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