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Sep 2022
26m 56s

James Winston III (9 of Clubs, Kansas)

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Our card this week is James A. Winston, lll, the 9 of Clubs from Kansas. 

James Winston III, a 35-year-old father of six, was waiting for a friend to come over in the wee morning hours of February 16, 2020, when two unknown individuals barged into his apartment and shot him to death. There are many questions still swirling around James’ homicide that leave detectives stumped, but there’s one thing those closest to the case are confident about: James knew his killers. 

If you have any information about the murder of James Winston III in February 2020, please contact the Wichita Police Department at 316-268-4609 or email coldcase@wichita.gov.

 

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