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Article: Murder suspects' identities in Osage County still sealed
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- June 11, 2002
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By Chris Grenz
The Capital-Journal
Osage County officials on Monday declined to name two suspects
arrested in connection with a murder.
Michael J. Farmer, 51, formerly of Topeka, was found dead late
April 22 at his rural Scranton home at 18531 S. Morril Road. Osage
County Sheriff Ken Lippert said Farmer's death was a homicide and his
home also had been burglarized --- likely after the murder. Lippert
said investigators didn't believe robbery had been the purpose of
entering Farmer's home.
Lippert on Friday sent a news release to media outlets reporting
that two suspects had been arrested in connection with Farmer's
death. The four-sentence news release didn't name the suspects but
said their ...