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Case Description
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In a tragic turn of events that left a family heartbroken and a community searching for answers, 23-year-old Richard A. Preston III was found deceased in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 20, 2013. His death was the grim culmination of a violent abduction that began in the neighboring city of Independence.

On the evening of his death, witnesses saw Preston being forcibly pushed into a black Chevrolet Malibu near South Brookside Avenue in Independence. The vehicle then sped away, marking the ...Read More
Victim Details

Richard Anderson Preston, III

Male

Black / African American

Kansas-city

MO

2013-07-20

23

Richard

Preston

01/18/2026