Investigators in Missouri believe they have found the remains of a 44-year-old woman who disappeared in early September. The Independence Police Department said it was searching an area with cadaver dogs for Ebony Duncan when it found human remains, Fox4KC reported. Detectives said positive identification will be made by the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office, …
The case inspired an NBC miniseries last year that starred Renee Zellweiger.
Update: Kansas City police said Saturday afternoon that 1-month-old Kaliyah Wiley had been found safe. No further information was available. Original report: Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are asking for help finding a missing 1-month-old girl last seen in the custody of her father on June 29. The Missouri Highway Patrol has issued an endangered …
Timothy Horton pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the death of Cassie Rainwater in 2021. In return, charges of kidnapping and abandonment of a corpse were dropped.
An attorney representing a teenage volleyball player who lost both legs after a horrific car crash in downtown St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against the city, the drivers of both cars involved, and one driver’s mother. Janae Edmonson, then a 17-year-old high school senior from Tennessee, was in St. Louis for a volleyball tournament …
Missouri police are searching for a 24-year-old Kansas woman they say opened fire in a hotel room last month, shooting a 36-year-old man and a 7-year-old girl. b Blue Springs police say Samantha Thrasher got into an argument in the hotel room just before midnight on May 20, WDAF reported. “She left the hotel. She …
A southwestern Missouri emergency room doctor missing for more than a week has been found dead in northwestern Arkansas. John Forsyth’s brother Richard posted a brief notice on Facebook, while the Benton County Sheriff’s Department in Arkansas said it was investigating, KOLR reported. Forsyth, 49, was reported missing on May 21 when he didn’t show …
Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are looking for a 12-year-old boy who didn’t come home after school. Isaiah Barnard was last seen wearing a gray hoodie with a bear and the word “Republic.” He was also wearing jeans. He is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 120 pounds, KCTV reported. Police said …
Protesters marched over the weekend in Kansas City, Missouri, after a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head when he went to the wrong house to pick up his sibling. Ralph Yarl is hospitalized and recovering from critical injuries, KMBC reported, but the homeowner was released from custody pending further investigation. “A person can be …
A 39-year-old Missouri woman went out to eat after work last Tuesday and hasn’t been seen since leaving the restaurant. A cousin found Jacquelyn “Jacque” Elizabeth Mitchell’s car about 15 miles from where she was last seen, but so far there’s been no sign of her, KTVI reports. “This is out of character,” said Tiffany …
A Missouri county sheriff and two of his deputies have been arrested, charged with helping a resident of the county to kidnap his daughter from their mother during a domestic dispute. The father. Donald “Rick” Gaston, was also arrested, along with Iron County Sheriff Jeff Burkett and Deputies Chase Bresnahan and Matt Cozad, according to …
Two Missouri women have been charged in the death of a 5-year-old child found dead in their home after a younger brother told a school resource officer about seeing the girl unconscious and unresponsive. The officer contacted the Waynesville Police Department, and officers found the child dead, according to the Pulaski County Prosecutor’s Office. Angela …
