A West Virginia woman awoke from a two-year coma this week and identified her brother as the man who beat her so badly officials doubted she would survive. Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger Daniel Palmer III had been identified as a suspect early on but investigators never had enough evidence to charge him, until Wanda …
A deputy and a suspect were killed in a West Virginia shootout Friday afternoon after the deputy and his partner responded to a call about a domestic disturbance just before 8 p.m. on Friday. Nicholas County Sheriff’s deputies contacted suspects Ritchie Holcomb, 36, and Tyler Kelly, 28, in a camper. The two came out of …
A West Virginia mom has been charged with child neglect after her toddler daughter stepped out in front of a Fayette County deputy’s patrol vehicle Thursday evening. The deputy said the little girl, who was under 2-years-old, wasn’t wearing shoes and was walking in the roadway of Boomer Branch Road before she stepped in front …
An Ohio couple was arrested across state lines in West Virginia this week after they were indicted for their infant child’s fentanyl overdose death in September. Robert L. Filius, 29, and Michaela R. Hupp, 25, were charged with involuntary manslaughter endangering children, possession of fentanyl related compound, aggravated possession of drugs, and being a fugitive …
A West Virginia man has been charged with more than 300 counts of incest after investigators said he sexually assaulted a juvenile relative for six years. Billie Gene Seabolt, 65, has also been charged with sexual abuse by a custodian or guardian and first degree sexual assault, WOWK reported. The station cited a criminal complaint …
It took a jury a mere 30 minutes on Thursday to convict a West Virginia woman in last year’s death of her 5-year-old grandson. A Harrison County jury found Michelle Boggs, 49, guilty of allowing child abuse by a parent, guardian, or custodian that resulted in the death of Keaton Boggs. The grandmother took the …
The jury took 30 minutes to hand down a guilty verdict
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace discusses the grisly murder of a Minnesota man by a father and his two daughters — one of whom married the father three weeks after the murder. Among Grace’s panelists is Samantha Perry, editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, who called the crime “one of the most horrific cases I ever covered.”
A West Virginia dad and husband, whose wife killed five children and herself before burning their house down, urged friends and family to “hug everyone you love a lot tighter” and never leave anyone in an argument, the US Sun reports. Brian Bumgarner was staying with family during the work week because of transportation issues …
A West Virginia man has been charged with murder in the death of his parents, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office reports. Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford told WVMetroNews that investigators were trying to determine if an ax found at the scene was the murder weapon. Tsukasa and Claudette Kambara apparently died from multiple lacerations, the …
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with four counts of murder in the case.
The mother and her four kids were reportedly living in a condemned home filled with drugs
