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In the summer of 2024, the quiet community of Kearney, Missouri, was disturbed by the violent death of 50-year-old Ricky Allen. On the evening of June 18th, a 911 call was made from Allen's residence on Kountry Ridge Drive. The caller, his wife Melissa I. Hoffner-Allen, reported that she had shot her husband. When Clay County Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene, they discovered Ricky Allen deceased from a gunshot wound to the chest.

The investigation into Allen's death quickly focused ...
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  • KMBC: Kearney woman accused of shooting and killing husband, released on bond
  • KMBC: 50-year-old shot and killed inside northeast Kearney home, woman charged
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