Police Hope Amazon Alexa and Surveillance Videos Can Lead to an Arrest in the Killings of Medical Researchers

Mar. 15, 2025

Police in Missouri are turning to the public — as well as the cloud — for assistance as they continue to investigate the killings of two South American research scientists who werefound dead Saturdayinside their scorched Kansas City apartment.

In a press release issued late Tuesday, the Kansas City authorities handling the investigation into the killings of predoctoral researchers Camila Behrensen and Pablo Guzmán Palma asked that midtown residents who live along Oak Street and have home video surveillance systems, to call them.

Behrensen and Guzmán Palma were both predoctoral researchers and members of the 2020 predoctoral research class at Stowers Institute for Medical Research.

Tuesday’s press release includes a detailed map of “the specific area our detectives are interested in,” which encompasses Oak Street from East 41st Street to East 43rd Street, between McGee Street to Gillham Road.

Camila Behrensen; Pablo Guzmán Palma.Stowers Institute for Medical Research (2)

Folks with footage are urged to contact detectives at (816) 234-5330 or (816) 234-5043.

Behrensen, an avid runner, had earned a Bachelor’s Degree in biotechnology in 2020 from the University Argentina de la Empresa and spent two years studying metabolic changes in fruit flies.

Guzmán Palma earned his Bachelor’s Degree in biochemistry from Pontifical Catholic University in Chile, where he had been doing research on spinal cord regeneration.

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In addition, police are turning to the cloud for help.

According to KSHB, police believe the killer may have been inside the victims' apartment for several hours and hope Alexa managed to capture some of the conversations that may have unfolded during that time.

So far, police have not commented on a motive. No arrests have been made.

If you have any information about the killings, please call detectives at (816) 234-5043.

Tips can also be left anonymouslyat (816) 474-TIPS.

A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.

source: people.com