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Police ID 4 children, woman shot and killed at home in Winfield

Steady4 outlets reported this in 4 reports over 2 days
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change
  1. nypost.comseen 16 Aug, 03:42headline rewritten

    Camera footage exposes unhinged Kansas sex offender — days before murder-suicideChilling ring camera footage exposes unhinged Kansas sex offender — only days before grisly murder-suicide

Wed, 12 August 2026peak 2 reports on Wed, 12 August 2026Thu, 13 August 2026

What it is about

Crime Scene Response TeamWinfield Police DepartmentKansas Bureau Of InvestigationWinfield Police Department, Kansas, United StatesKansas, United StatesCowley County, Kansas, United StatesRonald Williams SrWinfield police departmentKansasRonald WilliamsKansas Department Of CorrectionsWyandotte County, Kansas, United StatesKelly GeorgeCarol WilliamsRonald Williams JrSarah WilliamsKelly Magee-WilliamsKansas City, Kansas, United StatesOklahoma, United States

Who published it, and when

original reportedited after publishingfirst to report
hayspost.com1 original report
salinapost.com1 original report
nypost.com1 original report - edited after publishing
12 Aug, 04:15over 42 hours13 Aug, 22:20

1 report left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 4 original reports

  1. Wed, 12 August 2026

    2 reports
    • hayspost.com04:15first to report

      First responders on the scene in Winfield-photo courtesy KWCH COWLEY C

    • The Guardian World13:50

      Incident marks second familicide in midwest in two weeks, with the children who died ranging in age from three to nine A father killed his four young children and their mother before turning the gun on himself, said authorities in Wichita, Kansas – marking the second incident of familicide in the midwest in two weeks. The Kansas bureau of investigation and Winfield police department said a man identified as 53-year-old Ronald Williams Sr called police at 8.50am on Tuesday to say he had killed...

  2. Thu, 13 August 2026

    2 reports

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