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On the evening of September 4, 2002, two women were murdered inside the Dolly Madison Bakery outlet on Harrison Street in Great Bend, Kansas. Victims were 24-year-old Mandi Alexander, a new clerk who had started that week, and 79-year-old customer Mary Drake. Both were killed with a sharp object; the cash register was missing money but investigators have not established a clear motive.

A witness saw a white male about 6 feet 1 or 6 feet 2 inches, roughly 175 pounds with light brown to blond, collar-length hair, leaving the bakery. A motel employee later reported a man matching that description checking in the day of the murders and leaving the next morning after shaving his head. No arrests were made and the case grew cold.

In 2022 the Kansas Bureau of Investigation reported male DNA on a sample from one of the victims; the profile was incomplete and not suitable for national database entry but could be compared to a suspect. Does anyone who lived in Great Bend then recall unusual visitors, motel guests, or the man seen near the bakery that night?