KANSAS CITY —A jury convicted a Kansas City man in the kidnapping and murder of Gilberto Gutierrez in 2021, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
The jury convicted 25-year-old Rashaud Lewis of Murder in the 2nd Degree, Kidnapping in the 1st Degree and two counts of Armed Criminal Action.
According to court records, Kansas City police were dispatched on May 11, 2021, on a reported missing person and the victim's family told them they had not heard from their father.
But bloody clothing of the victim had been found. On May 17, 2021, a dead male body was found; it was wrapped in a tarp and found near 56th and Elmwood. The victim was identified. He died from several stab wounds. During the investigation, police detectives determined that the defendant’s vehicle was used to kidnap the victim. Tests for DNA showed the victim’s DNA in a property associated with the defendant.