Christen Hobson

Description

The community of Overland Park, Kansas came together in the spring of 1980 to look for 13-year-old Christen Hobson. His father and stepmother were beside themselves with worry after the boy apparently ran off. But when the truth came out over the next few months, the community was stunned.

Credits

Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

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Sources

Book

• Family Affairs by Andy Hoffman

Internet

• https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/1983/54-720-1.html

• https://www.thepitchkc.com/love-never-dies/

• https://shawneemissionpost.com/2011/03/17/convicted-murder-conspirator-hobson-out-on-parole-living-in-prairie-village-4337/

• https://www.leagle.com/decision/1982486232kan2541460

• https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/05/01/Sueanne-Hobson-wanted-her-13-year-old-stepson-killed-by-Christmas/7705389073600/

Newspapers

• Woman’s Death After Crash Called Suicide, St. Louis Post Dispatch, 24 Feb 1973

• Dissolutions of Marriage, The Kansas City Times, 21 Sep 1974

• Creek Search for Missing Boy Halted, The Kansas City Star, 25 Apr 1980

• Missing Boy’s Wallet Found, The Kansas City Star, 27 Apr 1980

• Defense admits shooting in trial, AP, 29 Apr 1981

• Sueanne Hobson hated stepson, ex-friend says, The Kansas City Star, 30 Apr 1982

• Daugher’s tapes statement implicates Hobson, The Kansas City Times, 30 Apr 1982

• Hobson Denies Ordering Stepson’s Shotgun Death, UPI, 4 May 1982

• Killer didn’t implicate mother, witness said, The Kansas City Star, 4 May 1982

• This killer was a victim, too, Olathe Daily News, 23 Mar 1995