An Arizona woman accused of sending 65,000 texts to a man she met only once says she will stay in jail if that’s what the victim wants, while professing her undying love to him. NBC reports that during a jailhouse interview with the media on Thursday, 31-year-old Jacqueline Ades attempted to explain why she allegedly …
As the woman who last saw her 5-year-old stepson prepares for an upcoming trial on a child endangerment charge, new details emerged at the Sedgwick County District Court on Friday that sheds additional light on what police say happened in the days before little Lucas Hernandez disappeared. The Wichita Eagle reports Emily Glass appeared in court …
After a toddler boy in Wichita, Kansas, died on Sunday, an attorney for the boy’s grandparents filed a lawsuit against the Sedgwick County Department of Children and Families, claiming the agency knew the boy was being abused at home but failed to save him. The Wichita Eagle reports that 2-year-old Anthony “Tony” Bunn died from blunt …
Over 30 years later, a man accused of killing a Washington girl in 1986 is behind bars after authorities obtained a DNA match. The News Tribune reports that police arrested Robert D. Washburn, 60, of Eureka, Illinois, on Thursday and charged him in connection with the death of 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian. On August 4, 1986, Jennifer disappeared …
Grays Harbor County Sheriff Rick Scott announced on Thursday that detectives discovered a DNA match on human remains belonging to missing Washington state girl, Lindsey Baum. Sheriff Scott couldn’t give many details about the discovery, including the exact location where DNA match was found and any other evidence, but he indicated that the investigation into …
The Dickson County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee announced that both volunteers and leaders are needed on Saturday for the largest search so far in an attempt to find the body of a little boy who disappeared last month from his family’s home. The Tennessean reports that anyone who wants to volunteer should report to the Freed-Hardeman Renaissance …
The father of a missing Kansas boy was arrested in Wichita for child battery in an unrelated case on Wednesday. The Wichita Eagle reports that Jonathan Hernandez, father of missing 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez, is facing battery charges after he reportedly hit his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son on February 5, a few weeks before his own son …
They stayed up all night painting, giggling, and talking. They got up at 10 a.m. and had pancakes for breakfast. Later, they wanted something to do in the small town of Delphi, population 2,843. Their family allowed them to go walk a popular bridge in town for around an hour, not knowing it would be …
Two Wichita, Kansas, staff members lost their jobs on Tuesday after the Kansas Department for Children and Families fired them while making a “number of personnel changes.” The Wichita Eagle reports that the Wichita DCF has been under extreme scrutiny after several children allegedly died at the hands of abusive parents or disappeared, even though …
A Tennessee man nicknamed “Captain Jack Sparrow” is behind bars after police say he huffed glue and kicked authorities trying to detain him on Wednesday in Knoxville. CBS 8 reports that bystanders witnessing “odd behavior” by a man on Wednesday in Knoxville’s Market Square contacted police as the man’s strange behavior escalated. When police arrived, …
Colorado police who initially thought a Longmont mother of three left by her own will now say they believe foul play was involved after they identified a person of interest. CBS reports that 34-year-old Rita Gutierrez-Garcia was last seen earlier this year on St. Patrick’s Day after a night out celebrating with friends at the 3’s …
It’s been 13 years since convicted murderer Scott Peterson was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner. He’s currently appealing his sentence, but does the Modesto, California, man connected to the high-profile case stand a chance of walking out of prison? Legal analysts Nancy Grace and Dan …
