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Murder totals rise in KC and St. Louis

January 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Murders in our biggest cities surged in 2008.

Kansas City recorded its second-largest number in a decade, fueled by a record for the month of August and a high number in September. Its total of 126 homicides is 34 percent more than 2007.  It’s one under the record for the decade set in 2005.  The city’s all-time record is 153 kilings in 1993.

St. Louis police counted 167 murders as the old year wound down, up from 138 in 2007.

 

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