Richard was murdered, shot in the back of the head by a fellow trailer park resident.
From the Utica, New York Observer-Dispatch, Tuesday, June 22, 2004: Richard K. Evans, 62, of Kingman, Arizona, formerly of Whitesboro, NY, died suddenly June 16, 2004 in Kingman, AZ. Richard was born on April 26, 1942, son of Erwin and Veda Jones Evans. After graduation from the Whitesboro school system, he was employed at Xerox in Rochester, NY, and later moved to Arizona. Immediate survivors are his mother, Veda Evans, Whitesboro; sister, Mary Evans, Alexandria, VA; cousin, Dorothy Rasmussen, Milton, FL; and son, Chris Evans, Lake Havasa City, AZ. He was predeceased by his father, Erwin Evans in 1995. Funeral arrangements in Arizona are incomplete.