Kansas

Photos show infants bound in sleep sacks with hair ties, day care under investigation
child endangerment
April 18, 2018

Photos show infants bound in sleep sacks with hair ties, day care under investigation

Officials have launched an investigation after pictures surfaced reportedly showing babies tied up in a sleep sack at a Kansas day care. A woman named Tanya told KHSB that her 7-month-old son was among the babies shown in the pictures taken at Miss Anne’s Daycare. Tayna claimed the Department of Children and Families informed her of the pictures …

Militia members target Somali refugees in plot to bomb apartment complex, mosque
Hate Crimes
April 18, 2018

Militia members target Somali refugees in plot to bomb apartment complex, mosque

Three Kansas men were convicted this week for their roles in a plot to bomb an apartment complex largely occupied by Somali refugees and a nearby mosque. According to the Kansas City Star Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen were indicated about 18 months ago for planning an attack that would have been executed …

Daughter, 4, comes home from day care with 3 missing teeth, busted nose and bruises: Report
Child Abuse
April 16, 2018

Daughter, 4, comes home from day care with 3 missing teeth, busted nose and bruises: Report

A Kansas mother wants answers weeks after her 4-year-old daughter came home from day care with three teeth missing and a busted lip. Donisha Franklin told WDAF that she noticed her daughter, Heaven, had returned from Kingdom Christian Academy Daycare on March 1 with a swollen nose. Upon further inspection, she reportedly discovered that three of …

Charges filed after young boy’s decapitation on 168-foot water slide
Court
March 23, 2018

Charges filed after young boy’s decapitation on 168-foot water slide

The former operations director of a Kansas water park was arrested Friday on involuntary manslaughter charges for the 2016 death of a boy on a 168-foot water slide. Per The Kansas City Star, ex-Schlitterbahn employee Tyler Austin Miles, 29, was arrested in connection with the August 7, 2016, death of Caleb Schwab, 10. Miles worked at the Kansas City …

Evan Brewer: DCF received EIGHT CALLS about abused toddler found in concrete
Murder
March 7, 2018

Evan Brewer: DCF received EIGHT CALLS about abused toddler found in concrete

The Kansas Department for Children and Families reportedly received eight tips in 13 months about Evan Brewer, the toddler who was found buried in a cement structure in September. Documents obtained by The Wichita Eagle revealed that multiple calls were made to DCF from March 20 to August 31, 2017. The calls ranged from his mother’s apparent …

‘Mom’ poisons her three young kids after ex gains full custody: Police
Family Crime
February 21, 2018

‘Mom’ poisons her three young kids after ex gains full custody: Police

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 …

URGENT: Police asking for information on little boy who disappeared from his home
Missing
February 18, 2018

URGENT: Police asking for information on little boy who disappeared from his home

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 …

Pregnant woman murdered on day she was to learn baby’s sex: Cops
Murder
February 1, 2018

Pregnant woman murdered on day she was to learn baby’s sex: Cops

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 …

Man shot and killed by cops was victim of prank hostage call to 911: Source
Viral hoax
December 29, 2017

Man shot and killed by cops was victim of prank hostage call to 911: Source

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 …