Kentucky

Child Abuse
January 27, 2024

8-Year-Old Girl Flees Abusive Parents to Neighbor’s House

An 8-year-ld Kentucky girl is hospitalized and her parents behind bars after the child showed up at a neighbor’s front door Thursday night covered in bruises. Austin, 27, and Kayla Frazier, 31, were charged with first degree criminal child abuse of a child under 12, according to WSAZ. An arrest report says the 8-year-old gold …

Manslaughter
January 25, 2024

Kentucky Parents Charged in Shooting Death of Tot Boy

A Kentucky toddler’s parents have been arrested after the boy was shot and killed this week in Covington. The 2-year-old, Khalil Adams, was rushed to Cincinnati Children’s hospital on Monday, but he succombed to his injuries, WXIX reported. Covington Police said the boy’s mother, Selena Farrell, fled the scene before they arrived and never appeared …

Murder
January 20, 2024

Kentucky Man Charged With Killing His Mother, Calling Ambulance to Say She ‘Fell’

A Kentucky man has been charged with the murder of his mother after he called for an ambulance earlier this month saying she had fallen. Tyler Prince called 911 on January 10, but doctors at Mercy Health Paducah said Jessica Gerth had suffered injuries inconsistent with fall, Clay County News reported. Her injuries were so …

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Shooting
January 13, 2024

4-Year-Old Child Shot Dead, Homicide Unit Investigating

Investigators are looking into the shooting death of a 4-year-old in the Chickasaw neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville Metro Police said they were called to a home just before 4 p.m. and found the child with a gunshot wound, WLKY reported. The child died at Norton Children’s Hospital. LPMD’s homicide unit is investigating and all …

Lawsuit
December 22, 2023

Family of Crystal Rogers Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Boyfriend Accused of Her Murder

Four of Crystal Rogers’ five children and her mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week against Brooks Houck, the rich boyfriend accused of killing her in 2015. The suit was filed in Nelson County Circuit Court on Monday and lists as plaintiffs Kyleigh Fenwick, Ashley Miller, Thomas, Rogers, and Victoria Rogers — all of …

Murder
November 29, 2023

Kentucky Cops Seek Help Solving Murder of Woman Found Shot Dead in Rural Ditch

Police in Kentucky are seeking help as they investigate the murder of a 42-year-old woman found shot to death and dumped in ditch alongside a rural road south of Louisville. Bullitt County Chief Deputy Alex Payne told WLKY that Patricia England, whose body was found earlier this month and identified this week, was originally from …

Murder
November 8, 2023

Kentucky Mom Charged With Shooting Deaths of 9- and 6-Year-Old Children

A Kentucky mother has been charged with the shooting deaths of her two young children on Wednesday. According to WLKY, a neighbor found the children at about 11 a.m. in a bedroom of their home, covered in blood and called police. A gun was found on the bed. The children were taken by ambulance to …

Missing
September 8, 2023

Arrest Made in Connection with Missing Kentucky Mom Crystal Rogers

An arrest has been made in connection with the presumed death of a Kentucky woman who disappeared in 2015. Crystal Rogers’ grandfather told WLEX that Joseph L. Lawson, 32, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence. The grandfather, Tim Ballard, said that FBI agents had informed family members of …