In June of 2002, a 19-year-old college student was found murdered at the community swimming pool where she was working for the summer in Kansas. With a composite sketch of the likely suspect, her father did everything he could to raise awareness, including placing a billboard along a local highway. And because of this decision, a crucial tip came in to the police. This is the story of Ali Kemp.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Ali's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10124232/alexandra-elizabeth-kemp

2. Medium: https://talkswithholly.medium.com/the-ali-kemp-case-her-father-solved-her-murder-with-a-billboard-7721b51e807e

3. Roger's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239659103/roger-dale-kemp

4. KCTV5 News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_xM_4LTjtk

5. The Manhattan Mercury: https://www.newspapers.com/image/425374072/?terms=%22ali%20kemp%22&match=1

6. FindLaw: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10th-circuit/1875819.html

7. Hometown Homicide: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.52b4d491-4652-948e-6b98-6602345ab6b7?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvc_truecrime&workflowType=Commerce-TVOD&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvc_truecrime-20&

8. Hutch Post: https://hutchpost.com/posts/9f92f56e-2f83-446f-b9da-dad23d2b80c6

9. Case Text: https://casetext.com/case/strader-v-kansas-14

10. CInemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/ali-kemps-murder-where-are-roger-kemp-and-teddy-hoover-now/

11. Record-Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/678006036/?terms=%22teddy%20hoover%22&match=1

12. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=1257064&page=1

13. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/91777/man-suspected-of-kansas-rapes-wont-face-extradition

14. Hutch Post: https://hutchpost.com/posts/9f92f56e-2f83-446f-b9da-dad23d2b80c6

15. https://fox4kc.com/news/roger-kemp-founder-of-t-a-k-e-defense-program-remembered-after-sudden-passing/

16. KCTV: https://www.kctv5.com/2022/03/04/roger-kemp-dies-age-77/

17. Billboard Insider: https://billboardinsider.com/a-special-man-from-kansas-remembering-billboard-chjampion-roger-kemp/

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