Kansas Cold Cases: James Winston III

WICHITA, Kan. (WIBW) – In February 2020, two individuals walked right into a Wichita condominium and murdered James Winston III.

It’s a time limit marked by the age of his youngest youngster, Aubrey. Her mother, Valyn Burrel, says Aubrey will get her zest for all times from her daddy.

She was solely six-weeks previous when he died.

“I solely have one image of him holding her,” Valyn instructed KWCH-TV. “I didn’t suppose I wanted to take extra photos of him holding her. I simply didn’t suppose I wanted them. I assumed we had perpetually.”

Wichita Police say Winston was sitting on his mattress, ready for a good friend to return over when he was shot a number of instances. Safety video exhibits them, however due to gentle, motion, and the way the cameras operate, it’s not possible to inform who they’re.

“From the timeline that now we have based mostly on the video, I don’t imagine there was any argument. I don’t imagine there was any dialog,” Wichita PD Det. Robert Chisholm stated. “I imagine these individuals walked in, opened hearth and ran out.”

Chisholm says investigators discovered no indication that anybody had motive to need James useless.

“We imagine James knew who it was that shot him,” he stated. “He was not involved about them.”

That’s why, as a lot as Valyn needs the case solved, she’s additionally afraid.

“It’s gonna break my coronary heart after they clear up this case,” she stated. “Sadly it was in all probability someone that he thought beloved him.”

She says love is what drove Winston, particularly love for his kids. Whereas Aubrey won’t ever know him. Valyn is grateful his different 5 kids have reminiscences to carry shut. At his funeral, one among his different daughter’s recalled how he’d let her do no matter she needed.

“I’m glad she acquired that (sort of reminiscence),” she stated, “as a result of that’s how she’s going to recollect her dad for the remainder of her life. She’s going to keep in mind that her daddy made her pleased.”

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says the identical gun used to kill James Winston III was linked to a taking pictures loss of life in Kansas metropolis, Missouri and a carjacking later in 2020.

The KBI and Kansas Dept. of Corrections included the homicide of their Chilly Case Deck. The particular deck of taking part in playing cards -with every card containing info on an unsolved homicide or lacking individuals case – is being distributed within the state’s correctional services in hopes of gaining new leads.

Anybody with details about the Winston homicide – or any unsolved case – ought to name the KBI at 1-800-KS-CRIME.

Notice: Authentic reporting on the Charles Giles case from KWCH-TV.

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John Waller

Joshua Jernagin

Clarence “Butch” Lavin

Arthur Goebel

Gary Leo Nelson

Charles Giles

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