Richard Burkard
WriterRichard Burkard is a veteran journalist who has worked in a wide range of media. After graduating from the University of Kansas, he presented radio newscasts in Kansas City and northwest Oklahoma. Then he worked behind the scenes on newscasts at CNN Headline News in Atlanta (now HLN), WTVM/WXTX-TV in Columbus, Georgia and KAKE-TV in Wichita, Kansas. Most recently, he covered stories for newspapers in Madisonville, Kentucky and Emporia, Kansas.
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NEWS Missouri 'Package Killer' Admits To 1990s Murders: 'I Still Dislike That Negative, Dark, Short Period'
The St. Louis area's convicted “package killer” will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to two murders from the 1990s.NEWS Trooper Who Investigated Death Of Buster Murdaugh’s Classmate Says It’s ‘Definitely’ Murder — But Case Was Quickly Deemed Hit-And-Run
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A man says he was beaten and bound in Seattle, tossed in the trunk of his own car, then escaped a fire after the vehicle was crashed into a home.NEWS Double Tragedy: Man Falsely Accused Of Raping, Murdering 3-Year-Old Daughter In Illinois Dies In Arkansas Crash
A man who mistakenly spent months behind bars for the rape and murder of his daughter near Chicago has died in a car crash in Arkansas.NEWS Teenager's Death Near Murdaugh Family Home Now Considered Homicide After State Officials Find 'New Evidence'
South Carolina authorities officially changed their minds Tuesday about a 2015 death near the home of Alex MurdaughNEWS Man Found Wrapped In Plastic Was Left In Drug Dealer’s Car For Days After Fatal Overdose, Louisiana Cops Say
Police in Louisiana believe a drug dealer discarded a visitor’s body by wrapping it in a rug with plastic sheeting and putting it in his trunk for days.NEWS Father Fatally Shoots Wife & Young Daughter Before Turning Gun On Himself
A husband and father in San Antonio murdered and killed his wife and young daughter, then died by suicide, police say.NEWS Pennsylvania Mom Mauled To Death By Neighbor’s Pet Great Danes As Young Son Watches
A woman asked to care for her neighbor’s Great Danes was mauled and killed by the dogs, authorities in central Pennsylvania say.NEWS San Antonio Teen Who Caused Commotion In Dollar Store Admits To Officers He Killed Autistic Man, Cops Say
A homeless teenager in Texas who caused commotion at a San Antonio dollar store wound up confessing to a murder, police say.NEWS Virginia 13-Year-old Confesses To Suffocating 4-Year-Old Sibling, Police Say
A 13-year-old child in southern Virginia is charged with murdering a four-year-old sibling, who was found unresponsive inside a Danville home.NEWS Pennsylvania Man Murdered His Ex-lover Neighbor In Driveway With Homemade Air Gun After She Began Dating Again
It started with a romance. It led to a shooting with an air gun. Now the result is a murder conviction in eastern Pennsylvania.NEWS A Washington Mother Told Her Former Air Force Reservist Son To Wash His Hands. Then He Shot Her Dead.
A former member of the Washington Air Force Reserves will spend more than 10 years in prison for killing his mother after she complained about hand washing.NEWS 'Violent Confrontation' Over Noise Complaint Near Lake Michigan Beach Leads To Two Murder Charges
Late-night loudness along a lakeshore led to the death of a man at a forest preserve north of Chicago, and two men are charged with murder, authorities say.NEWS An Oklahoma Man Wanted To 'Release The Demons'. So He Killed His Neighbor, Cooked Her Heart And Tried To Feed It To Family.
It's a case not far from “The Silence of the Lambs”: a killer turning body parts of one of his victims into dinner.NEWS 'Quit Selling This Poison': Florida Suspect Arrested For Murder After Woman Overdoses On Fentanyl, Sheriff Says
A woman in the Florida Keys is accused of murder, because she allegedly sold fentanyl that killed another woman.NEWS Texas Man Arrested In Connection With Uber Driver Shot Dead Inside His Vehicle
A San Antonio man is accused of climbing inside an Uber vehicle and then shooting and murdering the driver.NEWS Body Of Teen Found Near South Carolina Home Of Convicted Killer Alex Murdaugh To Be Exhumed, Mother Says
The body of a young man found near the home of Alex Murdaugh will be exhumed.NEWS Man Convicted Of 1989 Murder Of Chicago College Student Walks Free Amid Police Questions
A man who was convicted of a Chicago murder in the early 1990s went free Thursday, after prosecutors admitted they lacked evidence to put him on trial again.NEWS Murder Charges Proposed Against Utah Man Accused Of Doing Meth, Crashing Out-Of-Control Car Into Preschoolers Playing With Toy Trucks
A Utah man could face murder charges after allegedly crashing his car into a horse corral and hitting two three-year-old boys, according to authorities.NEWS Illinois Man Who Used Disney Cups To Lure Teenage Customer Into His Home After Garage Sale Convicted Of Murder
An Illinois man awaits sentencing after he was convicted of strangling a teenage girl he lured to his home with the promise of Disney cups after a garage sale.NEWS Jeffrey Dahmer Devotee Who ‘Intended To Eat And Preserve’ Victims Bodies Sentenced In Louisiana
A Louisiana man who says he idolized serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer now is under two prison sentences for attempting to kill a gay man.NEWS Teenager Accused Of Shooting Houston Grandma, Running Over Her With Her Own SUV
Police say a Houston 17-year-old shot a 65-year-old woman on Valentines Day, then stole her SUV and ran her over.NEWS Mother, Grandfather Accused Of Murder After They Put Newborn In Garbage Bag, Left Him To Die In Ditch: Cops
An Iowa father and daughter are accused of killing a newborn boy by placing him in a garbage bag and leaving him in a ditch.