Jury convicts Butts on double murder

A conviction of guilty on all counts was handed down late Friday evening, after a five day trial, when the jury convicted Kyle Butts on a 2022 Baxter Springs double homicide.Cherokee County Attorney Kurt C. Benecke announced Friday that a Cherokee County jury has found Kyle Lynn Butts, 44, of Independence, Missouri, guilty on all counts in connection with a November 2022 shooting in Baxt...

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