A domestic dispute in northwest Wichita on June 25, 2023, ended with Nicole Dempsey, 44, found in her North Parkridge home with a fatal gunshot wound. Her husband, 47-year-old Thomas Dempsey, called 911 and told dispatch he may have killed his wife. Police located Nicole deceased and attempted to take Thomas into custody, but he became unresponsive and was later pronounced dead.

The Wichita Police Department opened a homicide investigation into Nicole’s death with Thomas identified as the sole suspect. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation handled the review of Thomas’s in-custody death and an autopsy found a lethal level of methamphetamine. The coroner listed methamphetamine toxicity as the primary cause of death but gave the manner of death as undetermined, noting the prone restraint used during his arrest could not be ruled out as a contributing factor. No charges have been filed and the police internal inquiry into the custody death was ongoing.

Did anyone in the area know the Dempseys or observe the neighborhood that morning who could add details about what happened before officers arrived?