MCS Report #287
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Madison City Police Department
Date of Activation: 08/15/1997
Commander and Department: Lt. Otto Jakob, St. Clair County Sheriff’s Dept
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Mick Hunter, O’Fallon PD
Victim: Leonard W. Wright
Suspect: Kenneth Cortez Deal
The Madison Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Leonard Wright. At approximately 10:53pm, police officers responded to the 1500 block of 2nd Street for a report of a vehicle accident involving an injury. When police arrived, they located the vehicle which had struck a tree. Inside the vehicle, they located Leonard Wright (age 40) who had been shot. He was transported to the hospital where he died.
As a result of this investigation, Kenneth Deal (age 27) was charged with 1st Degree Murder in Leonard’s death.
Kenneth Deal was murdered in 2014 and the Major Case Squad investigated his death in case #570.
