Murder in Kansas by kjer_99
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Description
Most homicides in Kansas occur in or nearby the major urban areas; places like Wichita, Topeka, Kansas City to name a few. Out west you may have murders in towns such as Garden City or, yes, even Dodge City. The latter is not the wild cattle town of its past, yet a few homicides happen there each year. Most of the more rural counties may go years without a major case like a murder.
Back in the late 1970s, I lived in Lincoln Country in northcentral Kansas. Some prisoners broke out of a Topeka jail and fled west in a stolen vehicle. They ended up on a farm in Lincoln Country. There, they murdered an entire family, parents and children. You can't imagine the shock that violence brought to our "safe" little community.
Back in the early 1960s, Truman Capote made another similiar family massacre world famous with his book about it, In Cold Blood. Nevertheless, such extremely violent crimes are relatively uncommon over much of rural Kansas; although murder in Kansas has increased since those days. Domestic violence is the most common cause.
Here, I've tried to create a 1960's rural Kansas homicide scene. Gave me a chance to use a number of models that I've had for quite awhile. The victim is the same guy way in the background of a earlier posting, "A Very Dangery Woman." You couldn't really see much of him in that one. Here, he gets "top billing" so to speak.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Comments are always appreciated.
Jeremy
CREDITS:
Vue6 Pro Studio, Poser6, PostShopPro5.
Building: "The Little Barn" (Cornucopia3d).
Vehicles: Both the hearse and the sheriff's car are by Sam3d.
Figures: Victim and two funeral folk are Predation's "LoRez-Modern Men" figures; Sheriff is his "LorenzoLoRez" with the "Alphonso" head morph (All DAZ).
Uniform: PoserWorld's "American Policeman" outfit for M3.
Cart: IM's "Medical Cart" (Renderosity).
Comments (14)
This is great work. The commentary is really good too.
Going to skip the autopsy and go straight to the funeral home? Or is the mortician the medical examiner in that rural county? Well, it's a good thing to live in a place where one murder can be shocking...
Good scene and great commentary, Jeremy
I think I read that book or saw the movie. this is a good image
Gerila makes a good point, which I ought to have remembered to mention. Yes, often the funeral home is where the body would likely end up being taken. Before the 1970s, there was no ambulance service for most rural counties. (If an emergency run had to be made to a hospital in the bigger communities, it was often the hearse that took them.) The coroner would likely be a medical doctor, but he probably would do the autopsy at the funeral home. Here, the doctor hasn't arrived yet.
very well versioned image..even if is a sad thing!
Great Image & Story Jeremy..
Interessantes Bild.
Gasp!!!! I've been to Topeka! I'm shocked! If I'd have known .... Only joking, great museum there and Bill showed me it.. Good idea for a picture, well done.. Rob
Interesting image! :)
My question has to be 'did they recapture the Topeka felons'? An interesting narrative and great social commentary.I suppose in the 60s and 70s we in Britain had an impression of EVERY American running around blazing away with a gun..ignorance is bliss :-)Though this impression was probably helped along by the explosion of 'cop shows'.I suppose we should count ourselves lucky over here, murder is still uncommon enough to cause shock, especially close to home.Thank you Jeremy, a very thought provoking post.....
To answer Neil's quesstion; yes, they were caught. They were still in the farmhouse and the a large group of various Kansas law enforcement surrounded them. Didn't save the family, though. A sad business.
I'm not sure your main character appreciates the reason for his "front and center". ;)
I dont thin violence increases.. we just get informed a lot more via TV and Internet