Kansas City Star Metro Digest, Tuesday 10/28/97

Tests on gun

Authorities are conducting tests to determine whether a shotgun used in a suicide Saturday may also have been used in the shooting death of an Independence woman last week.

Justin Bruton, 20, was found dead Saturday near De Soto in Johnson County; police said he committed suicide. He was found two days after the body of Anastasia E. Witbolsfeugen , 18, was discovered in Lincoln Cemetery near Independence. She had been shot in the head, but authorities said no bullets were recovered. Bruton and Witbolsfeugen had dated until shortly before the deaths, according to Bruton's father.

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