For Immediate Release
Feb. 1, 2024

A Kansas City woman was charged in connection with the Jan. 3, 2024, fatal attack involving a sharp-edged weapon inside the vehicle of the victim, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.

Janee Davis faces Voluntary Manslaughter and Armed Criminal Action charges.*

According to court records filed earlier today, Kansas City police officers were dispatched Jan. 3, 2024, to a residence on Agnes and found the victim in the front yard. He had sustained an sharp weapon injury to his chest. He was  pronounced deceased. Investigators determined that the victim was likely attacked while sitting inside his vehicle parked on the street. A blood trail from his body in the yard led to his vehicle. Police were alerted to a statement from a witness identifying the defendant as the victim's killer. The defendant was questioned by police and she told them the victim flagged her down at 35th and Prospect on Jan. 3, 2024. At the crime scene on Agnes, the defendant told police she stabbed the victim after he hit her with his open hand.

For more information, contact:

Michael Mansur 

Director of Communication 

Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office 

Jean Peters Baker, Prosecutor 

(816) 881-3812 

(816) 674-3954 

mmansur@jacksongov.org 

http://jacksoncountyprosecutor.com 

*Charges are only accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the defendant is either found guilty or pleads guilty.