D. Craig Kinnaird

1933 - 1957  (24 years)

• Name	D. Craig Kinnaird
  Born	9 Dec 1933
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Dec 1957	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4410	Rossville
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	C. Freeman Kinnaird,   d. 29 Aug 1969
  Mother	Irma L Craig Kinnaird,   b. 31 Oct 1913, Belvue, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 27 Oct 1995, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1934
  Family ID	F6099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Shirley Bower Kinnaird,   d. 10 Dec 1957, Kiro, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2017 11:32:46
  Family ID	F6101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Kinnaird, Craig and Kinnaird, Shirley Murder and suicide tragedy at Kinnairds on the Kiro corner A tragedy was discovered early Tuesday morning when the body of Mrs. Shirley Kinnaird, 19, was found on a bed, shot through her back, and her estranged husband, Craig, near death on the floor of their trailer home from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. The shooting was discovered by Mr. Kinnaird’s father, C. F. Kinnaird, who lives in the home on the Kiro corner. Mr. Kinnaird suspected something was wrong when the light was burning in the trailer home about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. He went to the trailer and found the door locked but could hear his son’s heavy breathing. He ripped open the door with a crow bar and found the tragedy. A .25 caliber pistol was lying nearby. The young Kinnaird had shot himself in the face. The bullet entered his cheek and was lodged in the neck. He was rushed to the hospital but never regained consciousness. He died at 11:20 am Tuesday, the day after his 24th birthday. His wife apparently died instantly. Undersheriff George Hornbeck said it was apparently a murder and suicide and that no further investigation will be made. He said indications are that Kinnaird shot his wife while she lay on the bed, fully clothed, in their trailer home and then shot himself. The young couple had been estranged since Kinnaird returned from the service last month. It was believed Kinnaird had gone to the trailer home Monday in attempt to make a reconciliation with his wife. Mrs. Kinnaird was the former Shirley Bower. She and her husband attended Silver Lake High School. Kinnaird worked as a painter at the Capehart housing project at Forbes Air Base and his wife was employed at the Goodyear plant. Mrs. Kinnaird is survived by her mother and step-father and a sister, Mrs. Donna Dillon, of Manhattan. Mr. Kinnaird is survived by his parents, three sisters, Kay and Sally of the home, and Mrs. Joy Lea Blankenship, Topeka; his grandmother, Mrs. Loleta Kinnaird, Kiro, and a number of aunts and uncles. Parker Mortuary of Topeka will announce the services.