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 …
A Missouri mother charged with abusing and neglecting her two young children pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Alyssa Nicole Bowman, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse and neglect, and prosecutors agreed to drop four other counts of abuse and neglect and two counts of child …
A Missouri police chief was arrested this week on domestic violence charges. According to KSPR, Greene County deputies were called to a home in the city of Clever at about 10 p.m. Thursday for a disturbance. They arrested Michael Evans, 49, charging him with domestic assault. Clever is a tiny town of about 2,100 residents …
A “person of interest” has been taken into custody in the case of a Army sergeant who was found dead earlier this week after being reported missing. Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri said the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division was investigating the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque but provided no information about the person of interest. …
A 23-year-old soldier reported missing from her post earlier this week has been found dead. Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri had asked for the public’s help finding Sgt. Sarah Roque, 23, saying her chain of command and family had been unable to contact her. Roque, who enlisted in 2020 from Indiana, was a mine dog …
A Missouri man was sentenced to 23 consecutive life sentences for a multitude of child sex crimes, including trafficking, rape, and sodomy. Derek Brett Roberts, 44, was found guilty on the 23 counts in June in Henry County, KMBC reported. Because the sentences must be served conseutively, Roberts won’t be eligible for parole for 650 …
The remains of a Missouri mom who was reported missing in April have been found in a wooded area on private property. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the remains were found by the property owner on Saturday and confirmed to be Emily Strite, 34, by the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The sheriff’s office said …
An 18-year-old Missouri man called 911 late Saturday night and told dispatchers he’d just his father and fled the scene on foot. According to a probable cause statement obtained by Law&Crime, the gunshot awoke the wife of the victim, 41-year-old John McMurphy, who said she walked into the hallway and found Carter Joshua Curtis, who …
A Missouri police officer has been charged with animal abuse after his K9 officer died when he left the dog in his patrol car after his shift. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed the charges against Savannah Police Lt. Daniel Ziegler after the death of K9 Officer Horus, KCTV reported. Savannah Police announced the dog’s …
A Texas woman reported missing after a fire destroyed her home early Friday was found dead in an SUV in Missouri after a suspect led state troopers on a high speed chase and crashed. Ryan Phillips, 33, was killed by state troopers after the crash in St. Louis County, according to the Princeton, Texas, Police …
