By Mike Stunson July 31, 2024
"The 1985 cold case killing of a 27-year-old store clerk has stumped investigators for nearly four decades — until now. Advances in forensic technology and a renewed look into the case led to an arrest in the Sept. 27, 1985, killing that Holt County Sheriff Steve Portman said has “weighed heavily” on the community for years. Kirby G. David, 61, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Peggy Horseman, the sheriff said in a July 31 post on Facebook.''
''Horseman was working as a night clerk at King Oil Station in Mound City when she was found shot and killed in the back of the business, according to a probable cause statement. Part of her body was in the beverage cooler after investigators said she was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun.''
"The 1985 cold case killing of a 27-year-old store clerk has stumped investigators for nearly four decades — until now. Advances in forensic technology and a renewed look into the case led to an arrest in the Sept. 27, 1985, killing that Holt County Sheriff Steve Portman said has “weighed heavily” on the community for years. Kirby G. David, 61, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Peggy Horseman, the sheriff said in a July 31 post on Facebook.''
''Horseman was working as a night clerk at King Oil Station in Mound City when she was found shot and killed in the back of the business, according to a probable cause statement. Part of her body was in the beverage cooler after investigators said she was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun.''
