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to the Caylor Evangelistic Association
In
Loving Remembrance of John & Mildred Caylor
Updated on
11/23/2019 - Many of the Links below, no longer work, as
the stories have been dropped from the various websites.
So I have done a new search to find articles and will
archive the actual pages.
https://www.thepitchkc.com/john-and-mildred-caylor-double-homicide-has-taken-a-curious-path-on-web-in-court/ - This article brings up
a FAKE Story about my parents having a daughter and they
did not. They had 3 sons and I am the youngest of the 3.
Thanks, Rick Caylor.
If link does not work, here is a link to a copy of the
story. Pitch News Article from
2010.
https://www.semissourian.com/story/1314646.html - This Article is from
the Southest Missourian
If link does not work, here is a link to a copy of the
story. Southest Missourian
Article from 2008.
https://thepowerhour.org/news4/rick_caylor_parents.htm - This Article is posted
on The Power Hour Website.
If link does not work, here is a link to a copy of the
story. The Power Hour Articel
from 2010.
https://krcgtv.com/news/local/man-sentenced-to-life-for-double-murder - This Article is from
KRCG 13 CBS.
If link does not work, here is a link to a copy of the
story. KRCG 13.
https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/nov/05/exinmate_charged_in/ - This Article is from
LJWorld.com.
If link does not work, here is a link to a copy of the
story. LJWorld
https://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/DA/20060215/sports/603217646/GT - This Article if from
the Gadsden Times.
If link does not work, here is a link to a copy of the
story. Gadsden Times.
http://www.newnation.org/Archives/Black-on-White-050201.html - This Article is from
New Nation.
If link does not work, here is a link to a copy of the
story. New Nation.
Old Original
Articles. Many of the links have now removed the stories.
I am going to leave the links for now. Thanks, Rick
Caylor
June 29th, 2010
- MO Supreme Court Affirmed the Original Trial Courts
Gulity Verdicts.
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/local_news/missouri-state-supreme-court-rejects-kellen-mckinney%E2%80%99s-appeal
Feb.
2nd, 2010 -
Just got an e-mail from the
Jackson County Missouri's Prosecutors Office today and
after the Missouri Western District Appeals Court refused
to rehear their over turning of the Guilty Verdict in the
Murder Trial for Kellen McKinney who killed John and
Mildred Caylor, the Missouri State Supreme Court has
agreed to accept the transfer of the case. It will
likely not be argued until sometime in May, but at least
this is a bit of good news.
The best thing that could happen is that the original
guilty verdict will be upheld and some new law could be
established by this new hearing, that would allow the
prosecutors the right to combine trials, when the charges
are related. There were already precedent's in
place for this to happen, but the laws were still not
clear to the panel of 3 judges on the MO Western District
Appeals Court that made the original decision to
overturn the first guilty verdicts.
We are ready to accept what ever the courts decide, but
would prefer not to go through another court trial.
God will be the ultimate Judge in the end and we are all
only going to be on Earth for a short amount of
time. So let's Enjoy every bit of it while we can.
Thanks to all for the continued support.
http://www.fox4kc.com/wdaf-caylor-case-supreme-court-030310,0,6989369.story
October
27th, 2009 -
We
got some really disheartening news today. We are
still getting the details as to why and if it will be
appealed to the MO Supreme Court or if it will just be
another trial.
Appeals
court throws out convictions in slayings of Raytown
couple.
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1532437.html
http://www.kctv5.com/news/21440665/detail.html
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/content/news/crime/story/Raytown-Double-Murder-Conviction-Overturned/rf7VzDQpR06KLgZcV3fegQ.cspx
http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-story-raytown-double-murder-appeal-102709,0,4141632.story
July
18, 2008 - KMBC Memorial Dedication
Ceremony Article - KMBC Memorial Dedication
Ceremony Video
Raytown Post Memorial
Dedication Story and Pictures
Rick
Caylor: My Personal Statement to
the Court on Sentencing Day
Man Sentenced In Bible
Store Slayings
McKinney To Serve 4 Consecutive Life Sentences
Man Sentenced To Life For
Killing Raytown Couple
Killer in Bible Store Murders
Sentenced to Life
Raytown Post: Family
responds to Caylor murder verdict
KC
Star: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/508883.html
KC Star: http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/511511.html
KC Star: http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/512121.html
http://www.kmbc.com/news/15453017/detail.html
http://www.kmbc.com/news/15408556/detail.html
http://www.kctv5.com/news/15453665/detail.html
http://www.kctv5.com/news/15427296/detail.html
http://www.kctv5.com/news/15431002/detail.html
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5913043&
version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.1.1
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId
=5892860&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_
video.jsp?contentId=5893281&version=1&locale=EN-US
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?
content_id=38837752-0489-4c77-9d4f-5dd9db61a171
KMBC-TV 9 - TheKansasCityChannel.com
October 20,
2004: Bodies Found In
Raytown Bible
October 21,
2004: Major Case Squad To
Investigate Bible Store Homicides
October 25,
2004: Police Ask For
Public's Help In Bible-Store Murders
October 26,
2004: Investigation
Continues In Bible Store Deaths
October 27,
2004: Bible Store Killings
Turned Over To Raytown Police
October 29,
2004: Funeral Services Held
For Bible-Store Couple
November 4,
2004: DNA Evidence Leads To
Arrest In Bible Store Killings
November 18,
2004: Caylor Family Fears
Murderer Still On Loose
Major Case Squad
Investigating Homicides
Oct. 21, 2004
By KCTV 5, Kansas City, MO
RAYTOWN,
Mo. -- Fourteen detectives with the Kansas City Metropolitan
Major Case Squad on Thursday were investigating a double
murder at a religious book store in Raytown.
The
victims were John and Mildred Caylor, the owners of Caylor's
Raytown Bible & Music at 10115 E. 63rd St.
John
Caylor, 79, and his wife Mildred, 76, also lived at the
bookstore.
At
about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, a customer went to the store and
found the door locked. He looked in a window and saw what
appeared to be a body. He called 911. Police arrived, broke
down a door and found their bodies inside.
Investigators
believed they were killed during a robbery attempt, KCTV5's
Matt Stewart reported live on "KCTV5 News at 5
p.m." Nothing appeared to have been taken from the
store.
Though
investigators hadn't yet released the exact causes of their
deaths, a source said they were brutal murders, he reported.
Police
were questioning area homeless people as a matter of routine,
but they feared the killer had already left town, Matt said.
Family
and friends, left wondering who would kill the elderly
Christian couple, planned to gather at the bookstore for a
vigil Thursday evening.
"They
welcomed anyone into the store. Anybody could come in and
they would be friendly to them, take them in," said Jean
Sullivan.
Sullivan
knew them well. They preached together on the radio, and she
said they opened their hearts and lives to those in search of
a higher meaning.
She
said, "Mildred would sing and play keyboard, and John
would preach, and they were truly a team, not only just in
the ministry but in life."
Police
Ask For Public's Help In Bible-Store Murders
POSTED: 9:25 am CDT
October 25, 2004 UPDATED: 6:40 pm CDT October 25, 2004
By KCTV 5, Kansas City, MO
RAYTOWN, Mo. --
Police are asking for the public's help in solving the murder
of a Raytown couple.
John and Mildred
Caylor were found dead inside their Bible store in broad
daylight Wednesday.
Police think their
deaths were the result of a robbery gone bad.
"I don't
understand why anybody could do something like this to a 79-,
76-year-old couple, who have, over the years in this
community, tried to give so much to so many people," the
couple's son, Rick Caylor, said.
Police think there
were several other people in the store the day of the
murders.
Officers want to
talk to those people. The number to call is (816) 737-6123.
The Caylor Family
has now set up a reward fund to be administered through the
Tips Hotline.
Checks can be sent
to:
Caylor Reward Fund
Bank of America
10017 East 63rd Street
Raytown, MO 64133
TheKansasCityChannel.com
Investigation
Continues In Bible Store Deaths
UPDATED: 1:13 pm CDT
October 26, 2004
By KCTV 5, Kansas City, MO
RAYTOWN, Mo. --
Funeral arrangements have been made for Friday for a Raytown
couple who were killed at their Bible shop.
John Caylor and his
wife, Mildred, were found dead last week in the store. When
police arrived, they said they found the cash register open
and empty, but a nearby donation jar untouched.
Caylor's son said
they don't think the couple would have tried to fight off a
robber.
Police think other
customers in the store that day might have seen something
that could help them with the case. They ask that people with
information contact the metro squad at (816) 737-6123.
TheKansasCityChannel.com
Bible
Store Killings Turned Over To Raytown Police
Metro
Squad Disbanded
UPDATED: 12:16 pm
CDT October 27, 2004
By KCTV 5, Kansas City, MO
KANSAS CITY, Mo. --
The Raytown Police Department has had to take over the
investigation into the elderly couple killed inside of their
Bible store, because the Metro Squad has been disbanded.
Kansas City
Detective Tom Pruden spent the last six days on the Metro
Squad investigating the death of John and Mildred Caylor. He
said police turned up 115 leads and no suspects, and that
there's still a lot of work to do.
"It's not a
dead end. There's still a lot of work to be done that
Raytown's going to take over and do. As far as the lab work,
when it comes back, there's still a lot of work to be done
with that," Pruden said.
Pruden asked that
anyone with information on the killings to call the Tips
Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS (8477).
TheKansasCityChannel.com
Funeral
Services Held For Bible-Store Couple
POSTED: 10:51 am CDT
October 29, 2004
By KCTV 5, Kansas City, MO
RAYTOWN, Mo. --
Funeral services were planned Friday for a murdered Raytown
couple.
The bodies of John
and Mildred Caylor were found inside of their Bible store
last week.
On Wednesday,
Raytown police stopped drivers, hoping to find someone who
may have seen something the day the Caylors were killed.
Authorities said
they have several leads in the case.
TheKansasCityChannel.com
Mourners Say
Farewell to Raytown Couple
Oct. 29, 2004
By KCTV 5, Kansas City, MO
RAYTOWN,
Mo. -- Family and friends said their final farewells Friday
to a husband and wife murdered in their Christian bookstore.
Mourners
filled the First Baptist Church in Raytown Friday morning to
say good-bye to John and Mildred Caylor.
The
couple was killed during a robbery attempt in their Raytown
store. Police said they were still searching for the killer.
DNA
Evidence Leads To Arrest In Bible Store Killings
Investigators
Say Caylors Killed During Botched Robbery
POSTED: 2:18 pm CST
November 4, 2004 UPDATED: 6:28 pm CST November 4, 2004
By KCTV 5, Kansas City, MO
KANSAS CITY, Mo. --
Jackson County prosecutors charged a Kansas City, Kan., man
in a double murder at a Raytown Bible bookstore last month.
Kellen C. McKinney
(pictured, left), 27, is charged with two counts of
first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action
in the deaths of John Caylor, 79, and his wife, Mildred, 76.
A customer who had
gone to the Caylor's Bible and Book Store Oct. 20 noticed the
door to the business was locked and looked through a window
and saw a body on the floor.
Police forced their
way in and found the Caylors dead. Investigators said that it
appears the couple were killed during a botched robbery.
Investigators said
detectives found a bag near the cash register with a
bloodstain on it. Crime lab analysts said the genetic profile
matched that of McKinney, who had at one time been in custody
of the Kansas Department of Corrections.
KMBC reported that
McKinney was arrested when he showed up for work Thursday. He
is being held without bond.
Police said that
there could be other suspects. The investigation continues.
TheKansasCityChannel.com
Police Make Arrest
in Raytown Murders
Nov. 4, 2004
By KCTV 5, Kansas City, MO
RAYTOWN,
Mo. -- Police made an arrest Thursday in the murder of a
couple who owned a Christian bookstore.
KCTV5's
Sandra Olivas reported live on "KCTV5 News at 4
p.m." that a few minutes earlier the Raytown police
chief announced that they had arrested 27-year-old Kellen
McKinney, a suspect in the murders of John and Mildred
Caylor.
The
Metro Squad was called to investigate the brutal murders
after the couple was stabbed to death in their bible store on
Oct. 20.
Investigators
had very few leads to go on and no witnesses at all, but late
Wednesday, the crime lab came back with a big break in the
case -- a DNA match, police said. Blood found at the scene on
a bag came back to McKinney, according to authorities.
Police
arrested McKinney at the Gates Bar-B-Q restaurant at Main and
Linwood in Kansas City. The manager there didn't want to talk
to KCTV5 News on camera but said McKinney had only been
working there for two weeks, KCTV5's Sharita Hutton reported
live on "KCTV5 News at 5 p.m."
Sharita
was there when police raided McKinney's home.
She
said Raytown and Kansas City, Kansas police officers executed
a search warrant and gathered bags and bags of evidence. They
even searched dumpsters at the Shalom House, a hospitality
residence where McKinney was staying.
McKinney
was said to have been convicted in 1994 of both aggravated
burglary and robbery in Montgomery County, Kan., and he was
released from jail in November 2004, Sharita reported.
The
Raytown police chief said McKinney might not be the only
suspect.
"The
crime lab is still examining evidence," said Chief Jim
Lynch, of the Raytown Police Department. "We're not
assuming Kellen McKinney is the only suspect. The Raytown
police detective unit is still pursuing leads in this case,
and we ask that anyone with information about the case to
contact the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS."
Caylor
Family Fears Murderer Still On Loose
McKinney
Arrested, Charged In Caylors' Deaths
POSTED: 12:42 pm CST
November 18, 2004 UPDATED: 1:12 pm CST November 18, 2004
By KCTV 5, Kansas City, MO
KANSAS CITY, Mo. --
Members of the Caylor family fear that another murderer may
be loose on the streets.
Rick Caylor said he
is convinced that his parents were killed by more than one
man. Raytown police will not say if the man they have in
custody is the only suspect in the case, KMBC's Jim Flink
reported.
Kellen C. McKinney
(pictured, left), 27, is charged with two counts of
first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action
in the deaths of John Caylor, 79, and his wife, Mildred, 76,
at their Raytown Bible book store on Oct. 20.
"I don't know
what it is. I can't make sense of it," Rick Caylor said.
Flink said that
Caylor has played his parents' murder over and over in his
head.
"I feel there
were other people involved. I don't know that. That's just my
gut feeling," Caylor said. "I just don't understand
why he would confront them in the back of the store if he
came to rob them. Why wouldn't he just go to the front of the
store and get the money out of the cash box?"
Flink said that the
cash box didn't have much and more money was in plain sight.
"There was
probably $20 more in loose bills on top of the counter ... in
plain sight of the cash register," Caylor said.
It is frustrating to
family members that no one saw the brutality of what happened
that October day.
But Caylor said he
believes in the power of truth and has faith that money
motivates -- that somone who knows what happened will want
the reward money and will go to police.
Flink said $6,700 in
reward money is available in the case. Information can be
phone in anonymously to the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS.
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