The day after a 19-year-old woman was murdered in 2014, her neighbor — the man accused of killing her — reportedly asked another man in their apartment building for a ride across the country.
William Enick, a resident of Cedarwood Apartments’ first floor back in 2014, testified Tuesday that Rontarus Washington Jr., now 23, had come to his door on Nov. 8, 2014. Washington said he was in trouble and they ...
A judge on Monday bound a man over for trial for allegedly raping an acquaintance while she slept in September 2018.
Gregory E. Esquivel, now 23, also pleaded not guilty Monday to one felony charge of rape, according to information from Cheryl Wright Kunard, assistant to the district attorney.
The Journal-World has reported that the alleged victim, a 22-year-old woman, told police in September 2018 that she ...
Story updated at 6:04 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23:
The former Douglas County coroner testified Monday that the likely cause of death for a 19-year-old homicide victim was blood loss from many stab wounds, slices and punctures on her head, neck, hands and knees.
Dr. Erik Mitchell showed the jury diagrams, then photos, of several wounds to the body of Justina Altamirano Mosso, who was found bludgeoned and stabbed to ...
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• Nov. 20, 2019: Case dismissed against man accused of armed robbery in Lawrence parking lot
Story updated at 8:35 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19:
Lawrence police have arrested a man in connection with a reported armed robbery, according to the Douglas County Jail booking log.
Lawson R. Marshall, 20, of Lawrence, was arrested Thursday evening at an apartment in the 4300 block of West 24th Place on ...
Co-workers of a Lawrence murder victim’s husband testified Friday about the day 19-year-old Justina Altamirano Mosso’s body was found, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014.
One admitted that he lied to police during his interview; the other said the victim's husband looked guilty.
Authorities believe 19-year-old Mosso was killed the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. She was found bludgeoned and stabbed to death, slumped ...
Story updated at 7:02 p.m. Thursday, Sept 19:
A few months before she was murdered, 19-year-old Justina Altamirano Mosso came to work with a black eye, her best friend testified Thursday morning in Douglas County District Court.
Blanca Estela Galeana Aviles testified through an interpreter that she had worked with Mosso at both her jobs, at Comfort Inn and McDonald’s, for just less than a year. The two were ...
