Missouri police found a man and his two children shot to death in a burning home Thursday night. Kansas City Police arrived at the home for a welfare check at about 9:45 p.m. but backed away when they saw fire in the home, KMBC reported. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, and officers found Zachary Hatcher, 39; …
A Missouri man has been charged with killing his son after he and the son’s fiancee got into an argument on Christmas Eve. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said Harold Luster, 61, retrieved a firearm from his home and threatened the fiancee before shooting 26-year-old Kevin Ward in the head. Luster has been charged with …
Three caretakers of a 4-year-old Missouri girl were arrested after the girl was brought to a hospital unresponsive and then lifeflighted to a St. Louis hospital 200 miles away. James Calhoun Lamb, Aireal Brishay Cole, and Derrick Eugene Barnby were charged with multiple counts of child abuse, KMZU reported. Lamb, the girl’s father, reportedly told …
A 20-year-old Missouri man is facing child abuse charges after his infant daughter was found with 14 fractures all over her tiny body. According to a probable cause statement, Richard Leonard and his wife took their 2-month-old daughter to a pediatrician on Wednesday, and the doctor told them they should take the baby to the …
A Missouri man was charged with killing his father this week after he turned himself in to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, telling deputies he’d “made a mistake” and wanted to surrender. The crime, however, took place in Manchester in St. Louis County, The Leader reported. Jeffrey Goedde, 41, told the Jefferson County deputies that …
A convicted Illinois felon is dead after a standoff Friday that included a hostage at a home in Missouri, but the man’s wife — reported missing on Thursday — has not be found. Chadwick Kelly, 33, was released from prison in Illinois in July after serving less than half of a 23-year sentence for a …
A Missouri man who reported his girlfriend missing last week was charged with murder the next day. Court records say that Aaron Malone, 23, called the Barry County Sheriff’s Office on November 25 to report the possible abduction of 24-year-old Aspen Lewis, KTVI reports. Investigators responding to the home found a large blood stain in …
A Missouri man reportedly suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was arrested on Friday after he repeatedly bashed his wife’s 12-year-old daughter in the head, knocking her unconscious, for not cleaning her room. Dustin Woodrow Pierce, 39, allegedly told the little girl she was “fine” and “weak” after battering her, Lincoln News Now reported. A …
A 19-year-old Missouri man abducted from his home in Independence on Saturday was found shot to death in a car in Kansas City a day later. Preston Bell was seen being forced into a car at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, and his family was unable to reach him afterward, according to Independence Police, who issued …
A Missouri grand jury on Thursday indicted a Tennessee man on multiple charges, including rape and incest. Jackson County court documents say that Justin L. Brown, 36, now faces charges of rape, statutory rape, incest, and domestic assault for crimes that took place between June 1, 2023, and November 30, 2023, when the victim was …
A Missouri woman who was the subject of a reported abduction Wednesday morning in Clayton was found dead in St. Louis. The Clayton Police Department did not mention the abduction, only that the woman was seen “entering a vehicle with a man … under suspicious circumstances” shortly after 7 a.m. Family members, however, told KTVI …
Police found a man and a child dead inside a Missouri home Sunday night after responding to a domestic violence call in Lawson. Officers from the Lawson Police Department and Ray County Sheriff’s deputies responded just after 7:30 p.m., KCTV reported. They were told the man in home had assualted a woman there and there …
