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Ronald Guess

Case from Kansas City, KS dated Dec 12, 2017

Victim Details

Ronald Guess

Male

Kansas City

KS

2017-12-12

61

Ronald

Guess

07/17/2026

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In the quiet neighborhood of the 800 block of Troup Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, a grim discovery was made on December 12, 2017. Firefighters, responding to a house fire, found the body of 61-year-old Ronald Guess, a male resident of the city. As the scene was secured and the embers cooled, a more sinister reality began to emerge. The fire, it turned out, was not a tragic accident but a deliberate act of arson intended to mask a horrifying crime.

Further investigation revealed that Rona ...
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  • Current Unsolved Homicides | KCKPD
  • Third victim identified in December KCK homicide, house fire - KMBC
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