‘Grateful to see justice’: Fairway police chief shares letter after woman found guilty in officer’s death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fairway Police Chief J.P. Thurlo shared a letter to the community Friday, the day after a jury found a woman guilty in the 2023 death of Ofc. Jonah Oswald.

On Thursday, a Johnson County, Kansas, jury found Andrea Cothran guilty of first-degree murder and a slew of other charges for her role in a crime spree that ended in Oswald’s death.

“While no verdict can ever undo the pain of losing Officer Oswald, we are grateful to see justice carried out through the judicial process,” Thurlo said in the letter. “Jonah was one of the finest officers to serve this department, and his loss continues to be deeply felt by our agency and the entire Fairway community.”…

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