Unsolved cases being featured on cards – St. Joseph News-Press January 10, 2009
Unsolved cases being featured on cards
January 10, 2009
The Missouri State Highway Patrol wants some information about 52 cases and has decided to use a deck of playing cards to get that assistance.
Beginning Feb. 1, the Highway Patrol will distribute decks of customized playing cards to inmates in the Missouri Department of Corrections and some in county jails, said Col. James F. Keathley, patrol superintendent.
The customized playing cards feature unsolved homicides, missing persons, wanted fugitive photos and case profiles. One missing person case from Northwest Missouri will be in the deck.
The Branson Perry case has been included in the deck, said Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Highway Patrol. Effective Playing Cards & Publications, a Florida based
company, is producing the deck.
The company’s Web site says it has more than 30 decks in use. It recently distributed a Florida deck to inmates in that state. The profiles may generate new tips related to the cases indicated on each card.
Timothy Thomas Coombs will be the ace of spades in the deck. Mr. Coombs is the patrol’s most wanted individual. The patrol and other law enforcement agencies want to question him about the death of a trooper.
The playing card initiative is the result of grants from the Taney County prosecuting attorney ’s office, Bass Pro Shops and other sources, Mr. Clark said.
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01/08/09-Cold Case Playing Cards-The case of Branson Perry will be featured on the cards.
Prison Playing Cards
Inmates killing time in prison could play a new role in helping detectives solve murder mysteries.
Playing cards with pictures of missing persons and murder victims will be given to inmates in prisons around Missouri.
It’s part of an effort by the Missouri Highway Patrol to try and get new leads on cold cases.
The case of Branson Perry will be featured on the cards.
The Skidmore man has been missing since 2001.
