US woman tried for 3 killings goes missing from a Mexican prison in 1969. Details finally emerge
US woman tried for 3 killings goes missing from a Mexican prison in 1969. Details finally emerge
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The mystery of what happened to a U.S. woman who was tried in three killings before disappearing from a Mexican prison more than 50 years ago is about to be solved. Authorities have planned a news conference for Thursday to discuss the case of Sharon Kinne, who was charged before her 25th birthday with killing her Missouri husband, her boyfriend’s wife and a man she’d picked up in a Mexican bar.
Her whereabouts have been a mystery since she reportedly snuck out of the prison in Ixtacalapan on Dec. 7, 1969. And her story has been featured in the book, “I’m Just an Ordinary Girl: The Sharon Kinne Story” as well as in podcasts and TV stories such as Discovery I.D.’s “Deadly Women.”.
An FBI spokeswoman directed questions to the Jackson County sheriff's office in Missouri, which said it couldn't confirm any information before the news conference, including whether she had died. But a news release promised answers. “We hope that by bringing closure to this case, we can provide a sense of resolution not only to the friends and families of the innocent victims she murdered but also to those who were affected by her actions, including her loved ones,” the sheriff's department said in announcing the news conference.
Kinne, who married at 16, was living in a ranch home in the Independence, Missouri, area in March 1960 when her 25-year-old husband, James Kinne, was shot in the back of the head while napping. Independence is just outside of Kansas City. The mother of two told police she had heard her 2-year-old daughter ask, “How does this thing work, Daddy?” Then there was a gunshot. Sharon Kinne said she ran into the bedroom and found the toddler holding her husband’s .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol. The death was ruled accidental.
