The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 17

Friday May 22 1998 The Kansas City Star A-17 case b0v AVAILABLE IN Capital murder charges dropped aO OAK NATURAL CHERRY TEAK" CHERRY WHITE BLACK VALUE $299 MOW 91 B20Wx84'Hx12D VALUE $259 MOW 1 VALUE $259 MOW 1 VALUE $239 MOW 17 VALUE $239 MOW 17 VALUE $199 MOW 149 knew that different guns were used and that a witness had identified a different suspect in homicide He said that the information should have been included in the file that detectives gave to the district office But he said he personally know exactly what information was turned over are always under the impression that when a prosecutor puts a case together we rely on them to tell us if they need more Swafford said in an interview He acknowledged that the developments and added do not like surprises like Gorman said that at the time of the crimes the Police Department had only four homicide detectives In the last two months the department has added four more detectives all on the night shift Staff writer Anne Lamoy contributed to this article Reverberations from the disclosures about the new witness and separate guns stirred the investigation back to life On Monday Gorman said detectives went to Columbia and interviewed Marty Henry who was in juvenile custody Detectives then sought out Kevin Martin Gorman said he did not know whether Henry would be charged The prosecutor also said detectives had looked for the man known as Kevin or KJ two or three days after murder but were unable to find him Gorman said he know why detectives had not attempted to fmd Henry in the days immediately after the crime In an interview Thursday the new witness who testified at the preliminary hearing said that neither police nor prosecutors had contacted her since she testified Also Thursday Police Chief James Swafford said detectives house earlier in the day She said that shortly before hearing gunshots she saw Henry leave in a vehicle and that when she looked up she saw KJ standing over the victim taking his wallet Several witnesses including the mother of two young children identified Bolton as the man seen shooting Brees on a store security videotape on Dec 28 There is no tape of the second shooting but at least one witness identified Bolton as assailant from police photographs After the preliminary hearing a judge ordered Bolton to stand trial on the capital murder charge Because of defense allegations that evidence favorable to Bolton had beeh illegally withheld the judge also ordered that the entire police file be copied and that Gorman go through it and turn over all evidence favorable to Bolton That was to be done by Wednesday of this week 1 2D VALUE $159 MOW $19 VALUE $199 MOW 14 DANISH" 2 INSPIRATIONS International Contemporary Furniture wltti a Futurel HOUSTON DALLAS OMAHA KANSAS CONNECTICUT MASSACHUSETTS INDIANAPOLIS fe 2 6 i 8724 Santa Fc Dr (87th Antioch Santa Fe Shopping Center) 381 -6777 STOkl HOURS: MON -SAT 10AM-6PM THURS 10AM-8PM si Continued from A-1 store customer The crimes occurred two days apart last Dec 28 and Dec 30 in Kansas City Kan Bolton who remains in custody is no longer charged in the Brody case Kevin Martin 16 has been charged in Juvenile Court with first-degree murder in death He too was in custody Thursday Vicki Meyer juvenile QDurt prosecutor said she would eek to have Martin charged as an adult Assistant District Attorney Jerome Gorman said detectives found Martin in Kansas City Kan on Tuesday and asked him to accompany them to police headquarters There Gorman said Martin gave a taped statement and then was arrested Amended charges of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery were filed against Bolton 19 in the Brees case Asked about the dismissal of the capital murder charge against Bolton Ron Wurtz head of the Kansas Death Penalty fense Unit said about Conviction on a capital-murder charge carries a possible sentence of death Conviction on first-degree murder carries a sentence of life without parole for either 25 or 40 years Two relatives of Brody expressed relief at this developments David Brody Rodney brother said Gorman had called him with the news on Wednesday Judith Brody the step- mother said quite an ordeal to go through this The capital murder case against Bolton began collapsing last week after Gorman revealed to a judge and attorneys that a woman who said she witnessed death had identified someone other than Bolton as the shooter In an anonymous call to the TIPS Hotline on Dec 31 the woman said she had witnessed the shooting and knew the two men involved She said she knew the shooter only as Kevin or KJ and that he might be found at a house at 40th Street and Wood Avenue in Kansas City Kan She identified the other man as Marty Henry who lived in Columbia More than two months later on March 25 the woman came forward identified herself and gave Detective Roger Golubski a full statement It came out at preliminary hearing last week that police had failed to follow up aggressively on the information 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