Kansas Cold Cases: Arthur Goebel

(WIBW) – A taking pictures dying in the summertime of 2017 hit near residence for Wichita police. The sufferer, Arthur Goebel, was the daddy of certainly one of their officers, Kathy.

She’s retired now, however informed KWCH-TV she’d wished to be a police officer since she was just a little woman, and bonded together with her father over that dream.

“I informed my dad I wished to be a cop, so each Saturday we’d watch (the television present) Cops collectively,” she mentioned. “The humorous factor is I’d been on Cops a number of occasions and he’d by no means seen any of my episodes.”

The final time Kathy noticed her dad was in July 2017. It was her birthday, and she or he introduced recordings of her appearances on Cops for them to look at collectively.

“He was so proud,” she mentioned.

Three days later – simply after 2 a.m. July sixteenth, 2017, Kathy received a name from certainly one of her fellow officers.

“He was like, ‘Hey, there’s been a taking pictures at your dad’s home,’ and I used to be like, ‘Who did he shoot?’ as a result of he’s a veteran,” she mentioned.

They informed her that was not the case. As a substitute, somebody broke into Artwork Goebel’s” residence whereas he and his spouse slept. When he confronted them, they shot and killed him.

“My birthday won’t ever be the identical as a result of that’s the final time I talked to him,” Kathy mentioned. “They took they took my hero away from me.”

Who did it and why are questions Wichita Police detectives can’t appear to reply. WPD Det. Tim Relph mentioned they don’t consider he was particularly focused.

“There’s no motive somebody would come after Artwork Goebel,” Relph mentioned. “(He was) a household man, dedicated to his neighborhood and his church. He served his nation, was only a strong, strong man.”

The seek for solutions subsequent will take authorities behind bars. Artwork Goebel’s image is on the 4 of diamonds within the Kansas Chilly Case deck, particular enjoying playing cards being distributed within the state’s prisons and jails in hopes of heating up chilly circumstances like Goebel’s.

“(We need to do) something to maintain these circumstances alive,” Relph mentioned.

Kathy is clinging to hope for any new lead in her father’s case.

“There’s at all times hope,” she mentioned. “I pray that that anyone says one thing, You recognize, after which I’m wondering, ‘Will I be capable of forgive them?’ I might at the least know that individual’s not out right here, hurting different individuals.”

Anybody with details about Arthur Goebel’s homicide – or any chilly case – ought to name the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-KS-CRIME.

Notice: Extra reporting on the Arthur Goebel case from KWCH-TV.

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