CASE DOCUMENTS

 

The homicide investigation by Missouri's Jackson County Sheriff's Department (abbreviated here "JCSD") into the October 23, 1997, death of Anastasia WitbolsFeugen went on for several years. Many reports were filed by investigating officers; many interviews were conducted. By the time the Jackson County Prosecutors Office took over the case, late in 2000, the file ran to well more than a thousand pages. The documentation here represents only a portion of that file. We have taken care to exclude JCSD reports that pursued false leads or that were fruitless attempts at information-gathering. What you see here are only the most substantive sources.

Our decision to present these documents categorically, rather than chronologically, should allow you to better piece together the sometimes confusing facts. Links to Google Maps have also been provided to familiarize you with the areas and distances involved in the case. If you prefer to begin with a concise overview, we recommend you read Byron's August 18, 2010, application for executive clemency and personal letter to Governor Jay Nixon.

Initial Reports (Caution: graphic content!)

• JCSD Epperson Incident Report (10-23-97)
• JCSD Offense Report (10-23-97)
• JCSD Eitel Report (10-23-97)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (10-23-97)
• JCSD News Media Information Report (10-23-97)

Jackson County Medical Examiner (Caution: graphic content!) 

• Death Certificate for Anastasia WitbolsFeugen (10-24-97)
• Medical Examiner's Report on Anastasia WitbolsFeugen (07-29-99)

Diane Marshall, Anastasia WitbolsFeugen's Stepmother

• JCSD Statement (10-23-97)
• JCSD Statement (11-13-97)

Francesa WitbolsFeugen, Anastasia's Sister

• JCSD Interview (10-28-97)
• Timeline of Events (07-29-99)

Dairy Queen Employees

• JCSD Interview with Sulaman S.M. Saulat (10-24-97)
• JCSD Interview with Dawn Wright (10-24-97)

George LePage, Groundskeeper of Mt. Washington Cemetery

• JCSD Supplementary Report (10-26-97)

Robert WitbolsFeugen, Anastasia's Father

• JCSD Interview (10-23-97)
• Independence Police Department Report (10-23-97)
• JCSD Epperson Report (10-24-97)
• JCSD Scarbo Report (10-24-97)
• JCSD Interview (10-28-97)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (11-05-97)
• JCSD Epperson Memo (11-13-97)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (11-21-97)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (11-24-97)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (12-01-97)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (12-21-97)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (01-22-98)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (02-02-98)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (02-06-98)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (02-20-98)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (03-26-98)
• JCSD Supplementary Reports (04-01-98)
• JCSD Interview (07-08-98)
• Complaint to Mayor of Independence (08-12-98)
• Letter to Robert WitbolsFeugen from Sgt. Gary Kilgore (08-21-98)
• Fax Sent by Robert WitbolsFeugen (10-21-98)
• JCSD Epperson Report (10-22-98)
• Fax Sent to John Bruton by Robert WitbolsFeugen (12-03-98)
• JCSD Interview (06-24-99)
• JCSD Interview (07-15-99)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (09-03-99)
• JCSD In terview (11-24-99)

Reports on Byron's Car

• JCSD Supplementary Report (09-10-98)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (09-21-98)

Kelly Moffett

• JCSD Interview (10-24-97)
• JCSD Interview (11-20-97)
• JCSD Interview (08-22-98)
• JCSD Supplementary Report of Immunity Granted (09-19-00)
• Statement to Jackson County Prosecutor (09-19-00)
• JCSD Supplementary Report to Statement (09-21-00)
• JCSD Interview (09-21-00)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (09-22-00)
• JCSD Area Search for Weapon (09-26-00)
• KBI Record of Arrest for Domestic Battery (08-24-04)

Debra Moffett, Kelly Moffett's Mother

• JCSD Supplementary Report (04-10-99)

Justin Bruton

• ATF Registration Form (09-27-97)
• ATF Registration Form (10-23-97)
• Supplementary Report (10-25-97)
• Supplementary Report (10-25-97)
• Johnson County Coroner's Report (10-25-97)
• Supplementary Report (10-29-97)
• Statement from Bullet Hole Clerk (10-29-97)
• Report of Findings on Justin's Car (11-04-97)
• Supplementary Report of Evidence Seized (11-19-97)

John Bruton, Justin Bruton's Stepfather

• JCSD Supplementary Report (01-14-98)
• JCSD Supplementary Report (02-09-98)

Byron Case

• JCSD Interview (10-24-97)
• JCSD Interview (07-29-99)

Abraham Kneisley, Friend to Byron and Justin

• JCSD Statement (10-31-97)

Don Rand, I-435 & Truman Rd. Amoco Employee

• JCSD Supplementary Report (10-24-97)
• Trial Testimony of Dan Rand (05-01-02)
• Photo Taken from Amoco (Now a BP Station)

Betsy Owens, Anastasia WitbolsFeugen's Mother

• JCSD Interviews (10-23-97 & 11-07-97)

Google Maps

• Kelly's Home, Kicks66, Justin's Condominium
• Area of Mt. Washington and Lincoln Cemeteries
• Midtown Kansas City: Abraham's House, Tara McDowell's and Byron's Apartments
• Greater Kansas City Area: All Areas Relevant to the Night of October 22, 1997
• Google Map (From BP at 8321 E. Truman to Anastasia's home)

 

If you read the documents here with interest, we recommend that you order a copy of J. Bennett Allen's blow-by-blow analysis of the case evidence and Byron's conviction, The Skeptical Juror and the Trial of Byron Case.