CASONYA CRAWFORD
ESME KENNEY
ANTHONY KIRKLAND>Official Investigations & Security Services, Inc is asking the public's help in providing information about Anthony Kirkland, age 40. He is charged with the murder of 13 year old Esme Kenney of Cincinnati. Esme went missing on Saturday, March 7, 2009, after going for her daily jog.
Dr. O'dell Owens, the Hamilton Coroner, said there was an attempted sexual assault. Owens said she did not have any clothes on when she was found and that her body had been burned from her torso down to her thighs. Police say Kirkland, who is a registered sex offender, had Kenney's iPod when he was found.
Anthony Kirkland is now the prime suspect in the disappearances and murders of two other females: 14-year-old Casonya Crawford, whose body was found burned three blocks away from where Mr. Kirkland lived at the time and 45-year-old Mary Jo Newton who was found murdered and burned back in June and May of 2006, respectively.
If you have any information that would be helpful to Cincinnati Police, please call Crimestoppers at 513-352-3040 or text your information to 513-352-3050. You can remain anonymous and may receive a cash reward up to $1000 if it results in the arrest and conviction of the individual.
