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Kansas man arrested in nearly 40-year-old Texas murder case
KWTX ^ | May 21, 2021 | Staff

Posted on 05/22/2021 4:05:47 AM PDT by kevcol

Darnell is now in the Montgomery County jail where he’s held without bond in the 1983 death of Laura Purchase after DNA connected Darnell to the crime.

Jail records do not list an attorney who could speak on his behalf.

A deputy who was on patrol on March 17, 1983 along Interstate 45 spotted a fire in a wooded area, stopped to investigate, and discovered the body of a woman that had been set on fire.

(Excerpt) Read more at kwtx.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Kansas; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: dna; helixmakemineadouble; henryleelucas; laurapurchase; mugshot; texas
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1 posted on 05/22/2021 4:05:47 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

WHOA! : )


2 posted on 05/22/2021 4:09:27 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: kevcol

Ladies, he’s single!


3 posted on 05/22/2021 4:16:44 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Hillary wants to be Governor of New York!!)
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...and knows how to make a woman feel warm...


4 posted on 05/22/2021 4:22:56 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Chinese communism will look different once the masks come off.)
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To: kevcol

Looks like he’ll be looking forward to three hots and a cot for the rest of his life ...


5 posted on 05/22/2021 4:23:18 AM PDT by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: OrangeHoof

Well, he certainly has an eye for the ladies.


6 posted on 05/22/2021 4:27:34 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: kevcol

Right out of central casting....


7 posted on 05/22/2021 4:30:01 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: ronniesgal

“Ladies, he’s single!”
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And he’s COVID-19 vaccination free!😄


8 posted on 05/22/2021 4:30:24 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: kevcol

Looks like the irishman landowner from open range.


9 posted on 05/22/2021 4:32:42 AM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: House Atreides

and his eye is sooo blue!


10 posted on 05/22/2021 4:35:23 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Hillary wants to be Governor of New York!!)
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To: kevcol

Quasimodo’s ancestor turned to the darkside...


11 posted on 05/22/2021 4:44:56 AM PDT by texanyankee
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To: kevcol

Quasimodo


12 posted on 05/22/2021 4:45:31 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: kevcol

picture of a demon


13 posted on 05/22/2021 4:51:04 AM PDT by LibertyWoman ("Where there is no law, there is no liberty." Benjamin Rush)
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To: kevcol

picture of a demon


14 posted on 05/22/2021 4:51:04 AM PDT by LibertyWoman ("Where there is no law, there is no liberty." Benjamin Rush)
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The case picked up again by 2019. Investigators sent the DNA off for genealogical testing, which led them to Darnell, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, deputies said. They subsequently obtained a warrant for his DNA, they said.””
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https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dna-leads-to-1983-murder-suspect-after-authorities-debunk-previous-admission-of-confession-killer-from-netflix-docuseries/


15 posted on 05/22/2021 5:12:29 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: kevcol

I wonder how many more women he killed?


16 posted on 05/22/2021 5:30:14 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: kevcol

Yikes! Sorry I looked!


17 posted on 05/22/2021 6:34:17 AM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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To: kevcol

I’d say punishment should be an eye for an eye, but...


18 posted on 05/22/2021 6:38:08 AM PDT by bgill
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To: kevcol

Donald Sutherland could play him in the movie. Say, where IS Donald Sutherland?


19 posted on 05/22/2021 7:15:05 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Blessed Mother of Bitch!)
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He’ll cut a deal. Nobody should be blamed for anything that looks like that.

wy69


20 posted on 05/22/2021 7:34:52 AM PDT by whitney69
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