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Subject: Yolanda Walker

  • Killa City: KCMO homicide No. 97, Yolanda Walker

    Yolanda Walker​Yolanda M. Walker was identified as the victim of Sunday night's homicide.Walker, 38, was found shot to death inside a Dodge minivan in the 6600 block of South Benton around 10 p.m. Kansas City police say they are still looking for suspects. Friends have started to leave tributes on Walker's Facebook page on which Walker lists two children and her hometown as Wichita, Kansas. Walker writes that she attended West High School, class of 1989. There's even a clipping and photo from

    November 10, 2009
  • Killa City: Blanche L. Johnson charged with killing Yolanda Walker

    Yolanda Walker​Blanche L. Johnson confessed to killing Yolanda Walker because Walker broke up with her.Court documents say Johnson, 38, told detectives that she pulled a handgun out of her purse and shot Walker, 38, twice in chest after Walker ended their relationship. In a twist of karmic justice, Johnson accidentally shot herself in the ankle as she was getting out of Walker's minivan. Johnson left a trail of blood leading north on South Benton and east on Meyer Road. Walker was found shot t

    November 10, 2009
  • Comment of the Week

    Yolanda Walker​We're done giving thanks for the week, but it's hard not to be extra thankful for the time we get to spend with our families. Some aren't so lucky. It's been a little  more than two weeks since Yolanda Walker's girlfriend shot her to death because Walker wanted to break up. Walker was only 38. She was a mother of two. On her Facebook page, there were photos of her preteen son in his football uniform and her daughter wearing a top hat and gown at graduation. Earlier this wee

    November 27, 2009
  • Killa City: Tracking homicides in 2009, we learned a few things about our city's psyche

    December 31, 2009