He was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died.Witnesses reported that a short time after the murder, the suspect got on a Santa Fe Railroad train near the area where the murder occurred, and headed eastbound out of Kansas City. Police found Siemens lying in the street suffering from several gunshot wounds. A physical confrontation ensued in which the Hispanic male disarmed Siemens of his handgun and shot him several times, and then fled the scene with the weapon.
Shortly before 4 a.m., Siemens became involved in a disturbance with a Hispanic male in front of the restaurant, after the restaurant refused to sell him anymore liquor because they were closed.
A heavy concentration of blood was found on the passenger-side floor of the vehicle.ĭuring the morning of May 3, 1997, Todd Siemens, an armed security guard for a local security company, was working at the Taqueria Mexico Restaurant at 910 SW. The victim’s vehicle was discovered abandoned in long-term parking lot “E” at KCI Airport on April 8, 1980. The victim’s wife and mother in-law made threats to harm the him. The victim was involved in a highly contested divorce involving custody of his children. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds. The victim’s body was discovered May 4, 1980, in a partially wooded area at N. Subject Peterson returned to the bar at approximately 9 p.m. dressed in different clothing. The victim left the bar with subject Peterson and never returned. The victim arrived at the bar at approximately 7:30 p.m. and met with an individual who identified himself as Pete Peterson.
The victim responded to the bar to meet a man who wanted to hire him for a job flying parts to oil fields in Oklahoma City. The victim, a 40-year-old, free-lance pilot, was last seen on April 6, 1980, at a bar inside the Holiday Inn Hotel at I-29 and 291 Highway.