KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The man who authorities suspect murdered two South American researchers working at the Stowers Institutes of Research died two weeks later in a murder-suicide in the Northland.
Camila Behrensen and Pablo Guzman-Palma died after being shot Oct. 1 at an apartment in the 4100 block of Oak Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
"The Stowers Institute and the Graduate School at the Stowers Institute are grieving the loss of two brilliant, promising scientists," a statement from the Stowers Institute. "Our thoughts are with their families during this time. The Institute has been cooperating with law enforcement and learned that the crime has been solved. We thank the Kansas City Police Department for their dedication and the office of the Jackson County prosecutor for its oversight of this investigation. The individual who committed this crime has no tie to the Institute or the Graduate School.
We are saddened to learn that this same individual is involved in an additional case out of Clay County. We thank the authorities who investigated this incident as well. Our deepest sympathies go out to those who knew the victim. To honor the accomplishments and ambitions for a better world of the two dedicated scientists we have tragically lost, all of us at the Institute rededicate ourselves to the scientific mission entrusted to us by our founders.”
Authorities also said a fire was set in the apartment, attempting to conceal the crime.
Using phone and computer data, surveillance video, ballistic testing, and DNA evidence, investigators identified Kevin R. Moore as the suspect in the deaths of Behrensen and Guzman-Palma.
Moore, 42, subsequently died in a murder-suicide Oct. 16 in Clay County.
That case remains under investigation, but police said Misty Brockman, 40, also died in the murder-suicide near Northeast 48th street and Randolph Road.
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