Sedalia Democrat

The media, however, does get a look at the body.

In 1970, Pete Daniels writes for The Sedalia Democrat.

The mark that I saw on her neck indicated to me, even as a young 30-year-old journalist, that whatever it was that happened here was done by someone from behind, and that it was extremely violent.

For those living in Sedalia, the sudden presence of a corpse makes death a personal and constant companion.