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Franklin Spottedtail

Case from Lawrence, KS dated Feb 10, 2014

Victim Details

Franklin Spottedtail

Male

Lawrence

KS

2014-02-10

23

Franklin

Spottedtail

06/23/2026

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In the early morning hours of a cold February day in 2014, the life of 23-year-old Franklin Spottedtail was tragically cut short in Lawrence, Kansas. Responding to a 911 call about a possible stabbing at the Northwinds Apartments, police instead discovered a grimly different scene. Spottedtail, a male of reported white and Native American heritage, was found inside an apartment, the victim of a fatal gunshot wound. Medical personnel arrived, but it was too late; he was pronounced dead at the sce ...
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  • UPDATE: No foul play suspected in shooting at apartment complex ...
  • Lawrence police: No foul play suspected in Sunday shooting death
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