Unknown David "Ray" Ninemire Killer- Kansas- 2003 (ARREST!)

Eugene Clayton Keltner has been charged with murder in this case www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/man-charged-with-murder-in-connection-with-2003-westwood-cold-case/article_2547b72a-e86e-11ea-861c-fb407aeda79d.html

I was completely beside myself yesterday when the announcement was made that charges have finally been filed. I spoke with a friend of mine about the news at great lengths last night, and then decided to do a little bit more research for myself about Eugene Clayton Keltner. I reviewed his extensive criminal record both in Wyandotte and Johnson County, Kansas. Somehow, I stumbled upon a screenshot of a news screen showing a sketch of the suspect, along with a physical description of the suspect. I immediately became concerned when I looked at the sketch and Keltner's mugshot. There was one specific feature between the two pictures that didn't add up, the nose. The sketch pictured the nose as being long and thin. Keltner's mugshot shows a rather wide nose. I was torn on how to feel about this. At first I was thinking that could just be an honest mistake, I'm sure this all happened really fast for the witnesses, so they could have left out that detail. But now that I've found some other differences in the personal appearance of the suspects description and Keltner, I'm thinking that might not be the case. 





Now, as show in the above picture, the suspect's physical height is 5'5" with a thin build. That is where I found my next concern. I looked up Keltner on the Kansas Department of Corrections website and found that his documented height is 5'11" with a weight of 212 pounds. Here is a mugshot of Keltner, which I am going to assume is recent. Now, I know it's been 17 years since this murder took place, and physical features can change to a degree, so I did also find a mugshot on the Wyandotte County Inmate Search tool, which for whatever reason, I'm not able to post here. But you can find the pictures for yourself by visiting the following link, and searching his name. Wyandottee County Archived Booking Information




This is the mugshot that the new stations are currently airing. 


This man, even back in the early 2000s, where the Wyandotte County Inmate records reports that he was weighing 185, I can't see where they could classify that this man was "thin". The only thing that I would say would match is the fact that they said the suspect had a dark complexion.

I am really concerned that they might not have the right guy. I could however be completely wrong, or I could be completely right. The Johnson County District Attorney didn't release all that much information on how they were able to say that this was the guy. They just stated that the charges weren't based off of a tip, rather a fresh set of eyes on the case. I'm sure since there is to be a trial held, they probably aren't going to release too much information just yet. So that is why my mind has wandered. 

I just feel like these are legitimate concerns. Could they be trying to charge the wrong guy, while giving false closure/hope to the Ninemire family? 

I completely agree, everything that I have pointed out is just speculations. And now that you point out that if we always relied on witness descriptions, we would have a lot of wrongfully convicted people, as well as people who get aren't even being looked into. 

Now, with this in mind, what if I told you that I am aware of another person who has been investigated for this exact crime, who in my opinion, better fits the witness's suspect description? I'm talking about a 5'7" man, weighing 120 pounds, which a much smaller shaped nose. Maybe I'm being biased, and want to believe what I want to believe, but I cannot seem to get this out of my head!