A 23-year-old Kansas man has been arrested after his parents were found shot to death Tuesday in their home. Dawson J. Mitchell was named a person of interest in the deaths of Melissa Mitchell, 48, and Leonard Zimmerman, 53, but he has not yet been charged in relation to the murders. He has been charged …
A former Kansas daycare employee has been charged with four counts of child abuse after video reportedly showed her abusing children in her care more than 170 times 24 days. Rachel Beth Schrader, 24, was fired after her employer, Shawnee Mission Christian Wee Care in Westwood, reviewed security footage and saw her physically abusing the …
A former school resource officer in Kansas was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for sexually assaulting a child. Attorney General Derk Schmidt announced in a statement that Mark Scheetz, 32, was sentenced in Norton County, where his crimes occurred between 2012 and 2015. KCTV reported that Scheetz was employed for approximately a year …
UPDATE: Police said Monday that Trenton had been located and is home safe with his family. Original Story: Police in Lawrence, Kansas, are seeking helping finding a 10-year-old boy who walked away from his home Monday afternoon. Trenton Lee Logan is described as 4 feet tall, 50 pounds, with blond hair and hazel eyes, the …
Two people, an adult and a juvenile, have been charged, while a second juvenile could be charged later.
A federal medical examiner ruled the death of a Kansas man whose body was discovered in a creek in 2004 a homicide, the FBI announced last week. Acting U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard said in a statement that the examination confirmed Alonzo Brooks’ death was not accidental. The latest autopsy noted that injuries on Brooks’ body …
Police in Kansas are looking for a 36-year-old man they say is missing and endangered, KCTV5 reports. Eric Buyle was last contacted Friday night by phone, the Overland Park Police Department said, and he is believed to be in the metropolitan Kansas City area. Police described Buyle as 5 feet 11 inches, 180 pounds with …
A 13-year-old girl was killed Saturday when she tried to get out of a stolen vehicle and ended up being dragged for several miles, KWCH reports. Kevin Palmer, 34, was arrested and charged with felony murder in the incident, which took place around noon. Wichita police said the girl, who has not been named, was …
A 50-year-old Kansas woman has been charged with the weekend murder of her father near downtown Topeka, KSNT reports. Topeka police officers responded to an apartment building just south of the downtown area at about 5 a.m. Sunday after receiving reports of a woman covered in blood claiming her father had been killed. Shawnee County …
A Kansas teacher fired when she was caught on video kicking a kindergartener pleaded guilty to battery last week and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and one year on probation, the Kansas City Star reported. Crystal Smith, 55, was seen on surveillance footage kicking a 5-year-old girl at Bluejacket-Flint Elementary School in the …
Newly released phone calls between a Kansas woman and her dad raise questions without easy answers about her mother, who’s been missing for more than a year. Ellie Green, 19, last saw Angela Green on June 20, 2019, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Since then, Ellie’s father, Geoff Green, has said she died of a stroke …
Update: 8:06 p.m.: Two girls believed to have been abducted earlier Saturday by their father have been found safe, and a suspect is in custody, KMBC reports. Update: 6:40 p.m.: The Kansas Highway Patrol said it stopped the vehicle driven by Donny Jackson on Highway 169 near the Oklahoma state line at about 12:30 p.m., …
