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Gwendolyn is found at her home
Gwendolyn Creekmore was found dead at 915 North Sergeant Avenue. Police treated the scene as a violent death investigation.
Postmortem findings reported
Contemporary wire reporting said the postmortem had not established one exact cause of death, while police continued to theorize that Gwendolyn had been murdered.
City orders a full-time investigation
Joplin’s mayor reassigned senior police officials and ordered them to work the Creekmore investigation full time after concerns about how the scene had been handled.
No one was charged
The available historical record identifies no prosecution or resolution in Gwendolyn Creekmore’s death.