Police in Kentucky on Saturday arrested a 46-year-old man for the shooting death of his wife earlier this month. Yovany Chaple-Chalita has been charged with murder-domestic violence and tampering with physical evidence, the Lexington Police Department said. Detectives said officers responded to a call just before 2:30 p.m. on August 17 about a victim who …
A former Kentucky police detective pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency room technician who was shot dead when Louisville police officers served a no-knock warrant on her apartment, where she was sleeping with her boyfriend. Kelly Hanna Goodlett, 35, admitted to helping fellow officers falsify …
An Iowa woman reported missing by her family after she flew from Orlando, Florida, to Louisiville, Kentucky, has been found safe. Mariam “Star” Lint, 25, had been staying with her brother in Florida but left for Louisville on August 5 to visit a friend. But Louisville Airport Police initially said they didn’t see her get …
Quintez Brown’s attorney says his client has been indicted by a federal grand jury, but the indictment is sealed.
Genetic genealogy has closed the book on another cold case, this one the “I-65 Killer” who raped and murdered three women working as clerks in motels along the interstate corridor in Indiana and Kentucky in the late 1980s. Indiana State Police said Tuesday that Harry Edward Greenwell was responsible for the deaths of Vicki Heath, …
Shannon Gilday is accused of breaking into C. Wesley Morgan’s mansion and shooting Jordan Morgan to death while she slept — to gain access to the secure bunker beneath the house.
Police in the north Kentucky town of Fort Wright are looking for a 2-year-old boy believed to have been taken by his father. Kieran Jennings had been staying with his father at the Days Inn Motel in Fort Wright. The father, Merrell Jennings, reportedly left the motel with his son early Saturday driving a white …
The man accused of shooting and killing a former Kentucky lawmaker’s daughter during a home invasion last month did it to gain access to a bunker beneath the home. C. Wesley Morgan previously told reporters he thought his “doomsday bunker” might have been the reason Shannon Gilday, 23, broke into his home on February 22 …
The body of a 4-year-old Kentucky girl last seen more than a year ago has been located. Authorities said Serenity McKinney was found in a wooded area in West Point, not from from the Jefferson-Bullitt County line, at about 2 p.m. on Friday, WHAS reported. Catherine McKinney, Serenity’s 21-year-old mother, and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Dakota …
The mother of a 4-year-old Kentucky girl who has not been seen in more than a year was arrested on Sunday with her boyfriend. According to WDRB, Catherine McKinney and Dakota Hill were arrested in Thomas County on a warrant out of Shelby County for custodial interference. The couple is allegedly not cooperating with the …
Kentucky authorities are searching for a missing 4-year-old girl who reportedly has not been seen in more than a year and is believed to be in danger. According to WDRB, relatives have not seen Serenity Ann McKinney since 2020, on Christmas Eve, prompting her grandfather to recently file a missing persons report in Shelby County. …
Lexington, Kentucky, police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a 10-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn confirmed that 10-year-old Landon Hayes and 22-year-old Tyrus Lathem died at the scene, WLEX reported. Investigators said Lathem pulled the trigger. Police responded to a call about shots fire around noon on Sunday northeast …
