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Robert Lee

Chicago, IL

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Cole Camp, MO Triple Homicide

June 10, 2009 - 2:56 PM | by: Robert Lee

Fox News Midwest Bureau is en route to cover the apparent homicides in a small rural town outside of Kansas City MO.

Here is the latest press release from the Cole Camp Police Department:

Officers from the Cole Camp Police Department and Benton County Sheriff’s Department, and investigators from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control have ruled the death investigation at a residence on South Elm Street in Cole Camp as a triple homicide.

On June 9, 2009, at approximately 11:30 a.m., the Cole Camp Police Department received a call from a citizen who was concerned for the welfare of the residents. At approximately 5:15 p.m., officers from the Cole Camp Police Department and Benton County Sheriff’s Department entered the residence with a search warrant and discovered three people dead.

At this time no statement will be released as to the cause of death or how long the victims had been deceased.

The victims have been identified as Donnie R. Luetjen, 64, Sharon K. Luetjen, 61, and Taron D. Luetjen, 15, all from Cole Camp, Missouri.

The Rural Missouri Major Case Squad is in the process of being activated to assist with this homicide investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Cole Camp Police Department at 660-668-2312, the Benton County Sheriff’s Department at 660-438-5252, or the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop A Headquarters at 816-622-0800.

More to come soon from the scene.