Caution tape lined the grass outside Speaks Suburban Chapel in Independence Sunday evening as cicadas buzzed in the Kansas City heat. Within its borders lay 695 white placards, each marked with the face of an unsolved homicide victim in the Kansas City metro.
Corey’s Network, a Kansas City-based nonprofit aimed at providing support, advocacy and services to those affected by homicide, according to the organization’s website, held its 13th annual vigil for unsolved homicide victims Sunday.
For the first time since the organization began the vigil, the number of unsolved homicides in the Kansas City metro decreased, director of public relations and co-founder of Corey’s Network, Michelle Norris, said…