The FAQ: The Murder of Anastasia WitbolsFeugen
Is there a chronology of the night of the murder?
Here is an approximate chronology from what is known or estimated from communications,
statements, testimony, evidence, and extrapolation. Specific sources are cited.
- October 22
- 3:30 PM Having already received a call from Justin asking her to meet him, Anastasia
asks a ride from her stepmother (1)
- 4:10 PM Anastasia leaves her home with her stepmother for Mt. Washington
Cemetery(2)
- 4:20 PM Anastasia arrives at the south gate at Mt. Washington; she hikes
the quarter-mile to the Nelson Mausoleum(3)
- 4:30 PM Justin Bruton calls Anastasia’s house, speaks to her sister, says he can't make it to pick her
up(4)
- 5:30 PM Anastasia walks from the Nelson to DQ, calls Justin Bruton's condo, leaves a message
demanding he pick her up(5)
- 6:50 PM Bruton, Case, and Moffett pick Anastasia up at
DQ(6)
- 7:00 PM All arrive at Anastasia’s house; Anastasia changes
clothes(7)
- 7:15 PM Glenn Colliver spots Justin Bruton’s car at Mt.
Washington(8)
- 7:30 PM Anastasia is murdered by Byron Case at Lincoln Cemetery
- 7:40 PM Byron Case drives to a spot west and north of the murder to drop the gun on railroad tracks
- 8:05 PM Bruton, Case, and Moffett arrive at Bruton's condo
- 8:25 PM Bruton, Case, and Moffett visit Abraham Kneisley where he is
house-sitting(9)
- 9:20 PM Bruton, Case, and Moffett arrive at Kelly Moffett’s home in Lenexa,
KS(10)
- 9:30 PM Justin Bruton calls from Kelly Moffett's home to Anastasia’s house, speaks to her sister
again(11)
- 10:10 PM Bruton and Case visit Tara McDowell at her
apartment(12)
- 10:30 PM Justin Bruton drops Byron Case off at his mother's apartment
- 10:40 PM Justin Bruton calls Anastasia’s house, speaks to her
father(13)
- 11:00 PM Byron Case leaves his mother's apartment to start working on alibi
- midnight Byron Case revisits Lincoln Cemetery, then drives to a restaurant in Independence, MO for further planning
October 23
- ~2:00 AM Byron Case goes to stay at his father's home in Kansas City,
KS(14)
- 3:44 AM Anastasia's body is discovered by
police(15)
- 9:00 AM Justin Bruton calls Byron Case, brief conversation
- 10:30 AM Justin Bruton arrives at the Bullet Hole gun shop, buys a
shotgun(16)
- 5:00 PM Evening news broadcasts report Anastasia's name as murder
victim(17)
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