KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal officials are looking for new information in the 1998 homicide of a 34-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, woman.
Rhonda Tribue, also known by her maiden name Easley, was found dead around 4:40 a.m. on Oct. 8, 1998, in the 500 block of South 94th Street near Edwardsville, Kansas, from “apparent blunt force trauma,” a news release stated.
She was seen earlier that morning at the Firelight Lounge in KCK. Tribue was wearing a High Sierra brand, dark purple, corduroy jacket with a gold lace top, pumpkin-colored jeans and brown sandals.
The FBI Kansas City Division and Kansas Bureau of Investigation reopened the case in 2020, at which time new information was discovered, the release stated.
The FBI announced on March 29 that a $50,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest, prosecution and conviction in the case.
Tribue was a mother of six children.
Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI's tips line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) or submit the information online.
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For jurisdictions that utilize the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline, anonymous tips can be made by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com.
Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the 41 Action News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the 41 Action News Mug Shot Policy.
