A Kentucky judge last week barred wealthy convicted murderer Brooks Houck from selling or transferring any of his property or assets ahead of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother and four of the children of his victim, Crystal Rogers. Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III, who oversaw the trial that ended in Houck’s …
A Kentucky mother and daughter were killed and their husbands injured on Sunday when a man who knew the victims the opened fire at their church. Guy House, 47, earlier shot and wounded a Kentucky State trooper near Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport before driving to Richmond Road Baptist Church, CBS News reported. There, family members …
A 6-year-old Kentucky girl is in critical condition and her mother in jail on attempted murder charges after she allegedly beat the little girl in the head with a hammer. Louisville Metro Police officers responded to the call at about 12:45 p.m. on Thursday and found the girl with multple blunt force injuries to her …
Police in Kentucky arrested three people after finding three children and a disabled adult living in what one officer said were the “worst” living conditions they’d ever seen. Police executed a search warrant at the Harrodsburg home at about 11:30 p.m. last week while conducting a child neglect investigation, WDKY reported. They found three children …
A Kentucky man charged with setting a fire at his home that killed his teenage sons and the family dog asked the judge on Monday if he could be let out of jail to attend their funerals. “Is there any chance of me furloughing out for the kids’ funeral?” Dustin Fields asked, adding, “I miss …
A Kentucky couple has been charged with sex crimes against a victim under the age of 12 and ordered held on $75,000 bonds. Kevin John Taylor, 43, and Michelle Taylor, 38, were arrested on Tuesday by the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office, and a grand jury indictment followed the next day, WAVE reported. Arrest warrants reveal …
A Kentucky couple was arrested this week after a 3-year-old boy was brought to Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville with severe burns to his hands and foreams. According to WDRB, medical staff told investigators the child’s burns were consistent with being submerged in hot liquid, and the child told detectives that “Jacob did this to …
A Kentucky man charged with gunning down his retired reserve deputy father last week planted a bomb under his father’s car and left notes making clear his “intent on killing his father.” Brandon McQuillen, 43, was arrested Thursday on charges of being a felon in possession of a weapon — he was found carrying an …
A retired Kentucky reserve deputy was found died Wednesday after he was found with a gunshot wound early Wednesday morning, and his son is in custody but has not been charged in the shooting. John McQuillen, 65, worked for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for more than 10 years, retiring in 2021, WAVE reported. A …
A Kentucky daycare worker has been arrested after she was seen on surveillance video yanking a handful of hair out of a toddler’s head. Leitchfield Police said the video showed 24-year-old Kesha Cochran monitoring a room of small children onTuesday when she approached a year-old child and pulled the toddler’s hair, according to WBKO. Then, …
An eastern Kentucky woman was arrested last week for child abuse after reports said her son “showed signs of torture.” The returned to school on Tuesday after not attending since before Christmas and appeared to have “chipped front teeth and a busted nose,” WYMT reports. A school official called police, and the boy told investigators …
A missing Kentucky woman who disappeared in December was found dead Saturday near a Mason County park. Maysville Police said the body of Eugenia Harris Cooley, 47, was found just before 11 a.m. Cooley was last seen leaving her apartment on December 21, as CrimeOnline reported. Police have not determined what happaned to her but …
