On Monday, the FBI reportedly searched a Kentucky farm where a missing woman was last seen in 2015. The Bardstown farm at the center of the search is linked to Crystal Rogers’ ex-boyfriend, Brooks Houck. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that the farm sits on about 30 acres of land, which is owned by Houck’s mother. …
A Kentucky man has been charged with physically abusing a toddler and posting a video of the abuse on Snapchat. Benjamin J. Franklin, 23, faces charges of criminal abuse of a child under 12 and strangulation. Arraignment is scheduled for October 19, according to WAVE. According to Franklin’s arrest report, the 2-year-old’s mother told investigators …
A Kentucky couple has been arrested after deputies found human remains in a storage unit belonging to one of them while investigating a missing child. The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call on September 30 about a possible missing child. The caller said that Jose Gomez-Alvarez and Cheyenne Porter reportedly cared for …
A young Kentucky mother was found shot to death in her apartment last week, her 2-year-old daughter left alone with her body for three days. The child was unharmed, and it appeared that someone had been inside the apartment to care for the toddler, WLKY reported. Louisville Metro Police are investigating the slaying of 23-year-old …
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Friday temporarily suspended the law license of prosecutor Ronnie Goldy for allegedly promising a defendant favors in court in exchange for nude images. The Louisville Courier Journal first disclosed in July the 230 pages of Facebook messages between Goldy, the commonwealth’s attorney for Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, and Rowan Counties, and …
A tractor-trailer driver went on a crash rampage through a Tennessee city Saturday night before ending up in a foot chase with officers across the state line in Kentucky. Several videos show the white USA TRUCK flying through traffic lights, even running on wheels after its front tires were blown out. Clarksville Police said they …
Michael Carneal was 14 when he killed three Heath High School students and wounded five more on December 1, 1997. He was sentenced to life in prison, but Kentucky law governing young offenders will put him before a parole board in September.
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, …
