A Horse Deal Gone Wrong, or was it Black Market Gasoline?

Lisa Marie Fuqua
Nov 7 · 4 min read

Whatever led to the death of Gary Simmons seems to be a scandal in itself. Did he make a deal with the wrong person, or was someone looking to silence him?

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Horse-Trading and Murder

In October 1974, Gary Simmons owned a lucrative chain of gas stations in the greater Kansas City area. But it was his hobby of horse-trading that…

Lisa Marie Fuqua

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True Crime Writer in Las Vegas. I used to be a Web Developer in the Newsroom, now I spend my time in coffee shops researching murder.

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A True Crime Publication that looks into both new crimes and long lost forgotten crimes.

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