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Dad of 1992 murder victim still hopes killer found

murderWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The father of a woman killed at a Wichita bridal shop in 1992 says he no longer believes police will catch his daughter’s killer while he is still alive.

Bob Trendel’s daughter, Patricia Smith, was one of two women who police believe were killed by a suspect who came to be known as the I-70 killer. The other woman killed in April 1992 was the bridal shop’s owner, 32-year-old Patricia Magers.

Authorities linked the slayings to four others reported at Indiana and Missouri strip malls near Interstate 70 in 1992. But Wichita police say there are no suspects and little evidence to go on in the killings.

The suspect has not resurfaced.

The Wichita Eagle reports the deaths are among 140 unsolved homicides in the city since 1985.

 

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