# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CrhTha8tDXM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18810597-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-27T01:00:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

## Caption

Three months after Kansas City police unknowingly towed away a vehicle containing the body of Adam “AJ” Blackstock Jr., his killing remains unsolved and his family is pleading for help. 

Flanked by community and faith leaders gathered on a basketball court in the Oak Park neighborhood on Monday, a few blocks from where police were led to her 24-year-old son’s body in January, Adrinne Blackstock vowed she would not rest until her family finds justice.

A prayer was also said for Sgt. Mark Slater and detective Nicole Anderson of the Kansas City Police Department, who are assigned to the case and attended Monday’s vigil.

Speaking to The Star, Slater said the late discovery of Blackstock’s body in the vehicle after it had been towed from the initial scene to a police station had not created a challenge for the homicide unit. Slater said the investigation has progressed as well as it could have otherwise. 

However, at least one forensics expert consulted by The Star has said it was a mistake for police not to search the vehicle before removing it from a possible crime scene.

“The idea of taking a vehicle into custody without searching inside a vehicle or opening the trunk is just negligent,” said Brent Turvey, a forensic scientist and criminologist with the Forensic Criminology Institute. “It is an unthinkable level of negligence.”

Read more about the case at the link in our bio. 

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