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Ebony Duncan Case Closes with Guilty Verdict | Kansas City News
A jury in Jackson County has convicted Charles Smith-Howell of second-degree murder and multiple other charges in the disappearance and death of Ebony Duncan, who vanished in September 2023 after a heated argument with her ex-boyfriend. Cellphone data and license plate tracking placed them together shortly after she left work, and her body was found two months later in a wooded area with a fatal gunshot wound. Blood evidence in Smith-Howell’s car tied him to the crime, and he now awaits sentencing in October. Family and friends remember Ebony as a radiant, loving presence whose loss leaves a…
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