Kelly Allen was visiting a friend in March 2007. She was 20 years old, working as a nursing home caregiver while studying nursing, and she’d already spent a week with her friend. On March 13, she went to a job interview — and had already scheduled a second interview for March 16 before she left. …
A Missouri grand jury has returned an indictment on nine charges a man accused for holding a woman captive in his basement for a month. Timothy Haslett, 40, was arrested in October last year after a 22-year-old woman escaped his Excelsior Springs home and sought help from neighbors, as CrimeOnline previously reported. She was barefoot, …
Two children taken from their Missouri home nearly a year ago were found safe last week at a grocery store in Florida. The High Springs Police Department said it found the two children and their non-custodial mother when a routine vehicle tag check alerted that the owner of the vehicle was a fugitive. Kristi Nicole …
Police in Missouri are looking for a 21-year-old woman they say was taken at gunpoint Tuesday morning by her ex-boyfriend. Ferguson Police say Karrena Cummings is 5 feet 5 inches tall and 235 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, according to KSDK. She was last seen wearing a pink jacket. The ex-boyfriend, Chance Costello, …
A pregnant Arkansas woman was found shot dead in Missouri on Thursday, a day after the baby she was carrying was found in a separate location. Amber and Jamie Waterman, both 42, have been arrested on kidnapping charges, Benton County Prosecutor Nathan Smith said, according to KHBS. The couple has not been charged with the …
An FBI background check blocked the sale of a weapon from a licensed dealer to the man accused of killing a teacher and a student at a Missouri school for the arts this week. Orlando Harris, 19, instead bought the AR-15-style gun he used in the shooting from a private seller, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch …
A Missouri woman who jumped bail in August after she was charged with her husband’s murder has been taken into custody in Indiana. Dawn Wynn was charged with the November 2021 shooting death of Harold Lee Wynn, 52, as CrimeOnline previously reported. She was granted bail and was supposed to be staying with her mother, …
A 19-year-old gunman opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition Monday morning inside a Missouri visual and performing arts school, killing a teacher and a 15-year-old student. Four more students were shot and wounded, while two suffered abrasions and another fractured an ankle trying to flee the gunman, the St. Louis …
Missouri police are trying to identify the people involved in a brawl that broke out in the self-checkout area of a Ferguson Walmart this week. Ferguson Police Chief Frank McCall said the melee broke out Tuesday night, after another, small incident earlier in the evening that was handled by staff without calling police. “Apparently, it …
A 22-year-old Missouri woman held captive, raped, and assaulted since early September showed obvious signs of restraint and was wearing a metal collar with a padlock when she escaped the house where she was being held. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the woman got out of the Excelsior Springs house early Friday morning and ran to …
A toddler fatally shot himself in the parking lot of an AutoZone in St. Louis on Monday afternoon. Police said the boy had already been taken to the hospital by the time they arrived. He was pronounced dead there, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The Child Abuse Unit is handling the investigation. KMOV said the …
Police remained in a small, suburban Kansas City town in Missouri on Saturday, investigating after an emaciated woman ran out of a house and began screaming for help early Friday. Investigators arrested Timothy Haslett Jr, charging him with rape, kidnapping and assault, but the escaped victim told police there were possibly two more victims, the …
