A Kentucky man has been jailed on child abuse charges after critically injuring his girlfriend’s child while changing a diaper last month. Court records say the incident took place on October 14 while 29-year-old Jorge Jesus Perez-Ramirez was looking after the child, who was taken to immediate care and then transported to Norton Children’s Hospital …
A Kentucky couple has been charged with killing a man by throwing him off a second story balcony in Elizabethtown. Shawn, 39, and Nancy Durbin, 36, were initially charged with assault when they were arrested on November 13, after Elizabethtown police officers were called about a man who may have fallen over a balcony, WLKY …
A Kentucky woman was found dead in a fish and wildlife area in Indiana, and investigators are looking at a person of interest in her death. But Henderson, Kentucky, officials haven’t said if they’re looking at a murder investigation. The body was found Sunday in Indiana’s Blue Grass Fight and Wildlife Area, a few miles …
Brooks Houck, the man convicted of killing mom-of-five Crystal Rogers in 2015, plans to appeal the conviction to the Kentucky Supreme Court. According to WDRB, Houck’s attorneys say he should have been granted a new trial and the judge should have recused himself in their notice of appeal filed on Monday. They also said his …
A Kentucky man was charged last week the murders of a 37-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter in Morehead. The Rowan County Coroner’s Office said it was called to the scene on Friday by Morehead Police, who found “two obvious deceased individuals” after receiving a 911 call from a person who conducted a welfare check …
A Kentucky woman was arrested Thursday night and charged with trying to kill her sister by setting the mattress where she was sleeping ablaze earlier this year. Louisville Metro Police said Addison Brown, 22, has been charged with attempted homicide, wanton endangerment, and arson, WLKY reported. The sister, who wasn’t named, woke up and put …
An eastern Kentucky woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a minor after she allegedly left her 2- and 4-year-old child alone for several hours while she went drinking. Pikeville Police said they were called to an apartment just after 9 p.m. on Monday for a report of a domestic incident in progress, …
Preliminary autopsy results on a newborn found dead in a University of Kentucky student’s closet are inconclusive. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn confirmed that the infant found in 21-year-old Laken Snelling’s closet in Lexington last week was a baby boy, WKYT reported. “I understand the community’s concern and sensitivity surrounding the death of a child,” …
The mom and stepfather of a 10-year-old Kentucky boy found dead last week after his mother reported him missing were indicted Monday on charges related to the boy’s death. Felicia Gross, 33, was charged with murder, falsely reporting an incident, evidence tampering, witness tampering, and abuse of a corpse, Commonwealth’s Attorney Miranda King said. Joshua …
The “new information” that led Kentucky police to the body of 10-year-old Jayden Spicer this week came from the boy’s mother, who has now been charged with manslaughter in the child’s death. Felicia Gross, 33, admitted her role in her son’s death in a Mirandized interview after police had been searching for the boy for …
The mother of a 10-year-old boy she reported missing last week has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. Felicia Gross, 33, also faces charges of abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and falsely reporting an incident, WDRB reported. Gross reported her son, Jayden Spicer, missing on August 6, saying the boy had disappeared …
The nearly week-long search for a missing 10-year-old boy in Kentucky ended Tuesday when state troopers found the boy’s body nearly 20 miles away from his home. Trooper Matt Gayheart told WDKY that the Jayden Spicer’s body was found in a remote area off Canoe Road in Breathitt County, about 19 miles from the boy’s …
