James “Jimmy” Nephew, 44, a male member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, spent most of his life in Topeka working hard roofing under Kansas skies, close to his family and his faith. Born in Gowanda, New York, he had put down roots on the prairie, where friends and relatives knew him simply as Jimmy. On the morning of October 6, 2011, that everyday life gave way to flashing lights outside a small residence near downtown, the start of a story that would ripple through the city for weeks.
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