A heartbroken son. Wholly baffling cruelty weighing down the loss. A placid community riven by gruesome, seemingly senseless violence. New details were revealed this week in the mysterious death of a nonagenarian Kansas woman who authorities believe was murdered by two teenage girls in her own home on Labor Day weekend last year.
Joanne Johnson, 93, was slain by two 13-year-old girls, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The accused did not know the woman they allegedly killed. To this day, the motive remains elusive.
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