A Kansas mother is behind bars on an attempted capital murder charge after she allegedly tried to poison her three young children on Monday, shortly before they were to go back to their father’s home. The Kansas City Star reports that authorities arrived to a home on Monday night, off of the 1700 block of …
Kansas police are searching for a 5-year-old boy last seen in his Wichita home on Saturday afternoon, and are asking the public for any known information about his whereabouts. The Wichita Eagle reports that Lucas Hernandez was last seen on Saturday at around 3 p.m. at his home off of the 600 block of south Edgemoor, near …
Police in Kansas are investigating after a pregnant woman was reportedly murdered the same day she was to learn the sex of her baby. Ashley K. Harlan, 23, who moved this month from Manhattan, Kansas, was found dead Tuesday in her home in Olathe. The Kansas City Star reported that police are currently treating her …
Boy’s father: “I don’t blame the breed of dog, I blame the owner because of what he taught the dog”
A Kansas man fatally shot by police Thursday was possibly the victim of “swatting,” a prank where someone calls emergency services about a false ongoing crime so that a large police presence goes to a particular house. The Wichita Eagle reported that an officer shot and killed Andrew Finch, 28, as he exited his home …
New details continue to emerge in the case of a man accused of keeping the dismembered remains of his wife in a Kansas storage room with him and his two young children. The Kansas City Star reports that on Oct. 24, an employee of a Lenexa storage facility off of 9250 Marshall Dr., contacted police after Justin …
“Mr. Sykes continued to be flatulent and I ended the interview.”
To the shock of lawmakers, companies running the foster care system in Kansas revealed that approximately 74 foster children are missing in the state. The Kansas City Star reported that state politicians were equally outraged that Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Phyllis Gilmore was seemingly unaware that three sisters have been missing from their Tonganoxie foster …
A Cherokee County, Kansas, woman died after a suspect doused her with gasoline and set her on fire, according to police. Three responding police officers were reportedly injured in the incident. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office released a statement indicating officers responded to the Baxter Springs home of 65-year-old Sharon Horn in response to reports …
A Northland, Kansas, man who strangled and beat his wife to death declared “I won” as he was being taken into custody. The Kansas City Star reported that Thomas C. Santamaria Jr., 45, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A Clay County jury convicted Santamaria in August of first-degree murder for …
Kansas police are investigating previous tenants of a Wichita home after a landlord, cleaning out his previously-rented home, found the body of toddler boy on Saturday, who appeared to be around 3 years old. The Wichita Eagle reports that the owner of the residence at 2037 South Vine in Wichita was cleaning out his home …
