{"id":2042360,"date":"2023-09-23T10:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T14:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-trucker-charged-after-dna-links-him-to-two-murder-cold-cases\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T14:55:19","slug":"kansas-trucker-charged-after-dna-links-him-to-two-murder-cold-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-trucker-charged-after-dna-links-him-to-two-murder-cold-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas trucker charged in two murder cold cases after DNA evidence links him."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkansas-trucker-charged-after-dna-links-him-to-two-murder-cold-cases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2042360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo via; Kansas City, Kansas Police Department) (Photo via; \u2063 Wyandotte County Detention Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>7:43 AM \u2013 Saturday, September 23, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A Kansas\u2062 man has been charged in connection with two cold cases from the \u200d1990s after authorities linked him to \u200dthe \u2063crimes through DNA.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Gary Dion\u200b Davis has been \u2062arrested and \u2062charged with \u200cthe murders\u2062 of\u2064 Pearl Davis and Christina King after his DNA matched the one found at both the \u200dcrime scenes. \u2064The 52-year-old was\u2062 arrested on September 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u200b and\u200d charged\u2062 with two counts of second degree\u200c murder by the Wyandotte \u2062County District Attorney\u2019s Office in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>Wyandotte County \u200cDistrict Attorney\u200d Mark Dupree\u2063 spoke at a \u200bpress conference on Wednesday where\u2064 he gave the details of the cases and said he believes these are not Davis\u2019 only victims.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn my experience, based on him killing\u200d two women, most likely he\u2019s killed more,\u201d he\u200c said. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCKPDChief?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KCKPDChief<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnifiedGovt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UnifiedGovt<\/a> D.A. Mark\u2064 Dupree announce\u200d recent\u2062 arrests and charges in\u200c a number of cold cases under review by KCKPD\u2019s Cold Case Unit. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kmbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kmbc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yhmNRYN6Qj\">pic.twitter.com\/yhmNRYN6Qj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Jackson \u200cKurtz (@jacksonKMBC9) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacksonKMBC9\/status\/1704603053049917588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Dupree stated that\u200b on Christmas Day\u2064 of 1998, King, 26, was discovered dead behind\u2064 an abandoned building, while 43-year-old Pearl\u200b Davis, who also went\u2064 by Sameemah Mussawir, was discovered \u200ddead inside a residence on November 22, 1996.<\/p>\n<p>He added the autopsies completed by \u2064the \u200bcounty\u2064 district determined both causes of deaths to \u200dbe homicides \u200cand\u200d items recovered at the crime \u200bscene were sent to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for testing where the DNA linked to the alleged suspect. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDNA \u200devidence from both murder scenes match the known \u2063DNA\u2063 profile of \u2062Gary Dion Davis,\u201d Dupree said. \u200c\u201cGary \u200bDion Davis \u200bhas been charged with two counts of murder in \u200dthe second degree \u2062for the \u200bmurder of Christina\u200c King and Pearl Davis.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dupree stated how he hopes to \u200bwork on\u200c cold cases \u200cfrom over 50 to 60 years ago hoping to\u2062 catch those who have gotten away.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kansas City Police\u200d Chief Karl Oakman, it \u2063appears that Davis did not\u2064 know the victims. <\/p>\n<p>He also stated how after the\u2062 crimes, the suspect \u201cwent on with his normal life like nothing happened,\u201d and said he plans to \u201cget\u201d other cold case suspects who are doing the same.  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt may \u200bnot be \u200btoday, \u200cit may not be tomorrow, \u2063in fact,\u200c it may not be this\u200c year,\u201d he said. \u201cYou \u200cmay be in\u2063 the drive-thru line, you may\u200c be\u200d at\u2064 the grocery store, we\u2019re going\u2063 to eventually get\u200c you \u200bbecause Mr. Davis went\u2062 on with his normal life \u200dlike nothing happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If convicted, \u200cthe suspected killer faces a maximum of\u2062 life \u200cin prison for each murder charge. <\/p>\n<p>Davis is currently being held at the\u2062 Wyandotte County \u200bDetention Center on a $500,000\u200c bond.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news\u200b blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>New \u200bJersey Sen. 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PAA related questions for the title &#8220;Currently being held at the Wyandotte County Detention Center without bail. It \u200dis unclear at \u2062this time\u200c if \u2062he has retained legal \u2063representation.&#8221; could be:<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200cCurrently\u200d being held at the Wyandotte County Detention Center without bail. It is \u2064unclear at this time if he \u2063has\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-police-fires-officers-after-anti-vax-protests-and-january-6-posts\/\" title=\"Boston Police Fires Officers After Anti-Vax Protests and January 6 Posts\">retained legal representation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cold cases of Pearl Davis and Christina King have haunted the Kansas City community for decades. Now, with the arrest of Gary Dion Davis,\u200b there is a \u200dglimmer of hope for justice\u2064 to finally be \u200cserved. The use of \u200bDNA evidence has proven\u200c crucial \u200bin linking Davis \u200cto the\u200c crimes and bringing him to face the \u200ccharges of \u2063second-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference held by Wyandotte\u200c County\u200b District Attorney Mark Dupree, he\u200b expressed \u200chis belief that Davis may have more victims. The \u2064chilling statement highlights the importance of\u2064 further \u2064investigation and the potential closure these\u2062 cases may \u2064bring\u2064 to\u2063 other families affected by similar crimes. It is a reminder that justice knows \u2064no time limit and that efforts to solve\u2062 cold \u200ccases should never cease.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of \u200dDavis&#8217; arrest has brought attention to the work being done by\u2062 the Kansas City Police \u2062Department&#8217;s\u200d Cold Case Unit. Through their dedication\u2063 and persistence, they have been able \u200dto review and \u2063re<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-trucker-charged-after-dna-links-him-to-two-murder-cold-cases\/\" title=\"Kansas trucker charged in two murder cold cases after DNA evidence links him.\">-examine cases previously \u2064considered unsolvable<\/a>. This recent breakthrough serves as a testament to their unwavering commitment to \u2064seeking justice for victims and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas \u200bCity Police Chief Karl \u200cOakman provided insight \u2064into Davis&#8217; \u2062connection, or lack thereof, to the victims. It appears that there was no prior\u2064 relationship between Davis and the two women. This \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-archdiocese-accidentally-lets-slip-its-ignoring-requests-about-pro-abortion-pelosi\/\" title=\"D.C. Archdiocese Accidentally Lets Slip Its Ignoring Requests About Pro-Abortion Pelosi\">revelation raises questions<\/a> about the motive \u2062behind these senseless acts of violence. Oakman&#8217;s determination to apprehend other cold case suspects who have managed to elude \u200bjustice emphasizes the \u2063commitment\u200b of \u200dlaw enforcement agencies to hold accountable those \u200bwho believe they can escape the consequences \u200dof their actions.<\/p>\n<p>As the legal\u2064 process unfolds, the focus remains on ensuring a fair \u2062trial for Gary Dion Davis.\u200b While the cases of Pearl \u200cDavis and Christina King have\u200b remained unresolved for far too long, there is hope \u200bthat justice will \u2062prevail. \u200cThe charges of second-degree murder carry\u200d severe penalties, including the potential for a life sentence for\u2063 each count. It is now up to \u200bthe justice system\u2063 to evaluate the evidence\u2063 and deliver a verdict \u200bthat reflects the gravity of\u2062 the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Dion Davis, a Kansas man, has been arrested and charged with two cold cases from the 1990s. 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