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FBI seeking information in cold case homicide investigation
Hoisington City 4-25-23
Hoisington City Council members discuss vacancies on the council at Monday’s meeting.

KANSAS CITY, MO. — The FBI Kansas City Division along with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation is seeking information to identify the unknown individual(s) responsible for the 1998 murder of Rhonda Tribue. Rhonda Tribue may also have been known by her maiden name Rhonda Easley.

Rhonda, a mother of six children, living in Kansas City, Kansas, was found dead from apparent blunt force trauma at approximately 4:40 a.m. on Oct. 8, 1998. Her body was discovered in the roadway at the 500 block of S. 94th St., near Edwardsville, Kansas. In the early morning hours of that same day, Rhonda had been seen at the Firelight lounge. Rhonda was known to frequent the Firelight lounge and the area of 7th St. and Quindaro Blvd. in Kansas City, Kansas.

Rhonda was 34 years old at the time of her murder. At the time of her death, she was wearing a High-Sierra brand, dark-purple corduroy jacket over a gold lace top, pumpkin colored jeans, and brown sandals.