A young Missouri boy shot and killed himself after getting his hands on a loaded, unsecured gun . The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department was initially called Tuesday night for a “sound of shots,” but the call was upgraded to a shooting, KMBC reported. By the time they arrived, a family member had already taken …
Authorities in Missouri have issued an Amber Alert for a 2-year-old girl believed abducted by her non-custodial parents. Arukia Ganis was seen at Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife museum and aquarium in Springfield at about 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, with Frank Ganis, 36, and Arisha Caldwell, 33. The three were then seen on camera leaving …
A Missouri deputy sheriff left his gun loaded and unattended at a family gathering last week, and his 2-year-old nephew found it and shot himself. Ferguson Police spokesperson Pat Washington said the St. Louis deputy, who was not identified, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Washington said the child wasn’t taken to …
A 12-year-old boy critically injured in a high-speed, wrong way crash last December has died, and a woman has been charged. Endrina Bracho was reportedly driving 75 miles per hour when she struck a Jeep driven by the family of Travis J. Wolfe on December 20. The boy was taken to St. Louis Children’s Hospital …
A 25-year-old Missouri man has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after he allegedly shot and killed his mother when he thought she was an intruder coming into the back door of the home they shared in Olivette. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said that Monica McNichols-Johnson, 56, died at the scene on Thursday, …
A Missouri fire captain’s fiancee died from “intoxication” of multiple drugs, and her manner of death was listed as “undetermined.” The St. Louis County Medical Examiner said that Sarah Sweeney, a 39-year-old podiatrist, was found dead at the home of Robert Daus on January 13 — the second of his fiancee’s to die mysteriously. Grace …
A Missouri police officer and a court employee were shot and killed Thursday during an eviction in Independence. Two other officers were wounded in the shooting. Justin Ewing of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the three officers were all with the Independence Police Department. The court employee was a process server from the Jackson …
A Missouri community college teacher set the fire that killed her and her four children earlier this week. St. Louis County Police said Bernadine “Birdie” Pruessner, 39, allegedly set a mattress on fire in her Ferguson home and left a note in her minivan saying she intended to kill herself and the children. the St. …
One person is confirmed dead in the shooting that took place at the end of the Victory Parade.
A Missouri mother has been charged in the death of her 1-month-old child after she allegedly put the infant in an oven. Court documents say Mariah Thomas told family members that she accidentally put the child in the oven instead of her crib, KSHB reported. Thomas, who lives at the home with her parents, has …
A St. Louis family is seeking answers about a 19-year-old man who went missing last week in Kansas City. T’Montez Hurt, a freshman at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, called his grandmother, Tecona Donald-Sullivan, early last Thursday morning from Kansas City. “He wasn’t sounding right,” th. “Then he sounded terrified and scared.” Donald-Sullivan said …
The death of a Missouri podiatrist at her fiance’s apartment last month has brought renewed attention to the death of fire captain Robert Daus’s previous fiancee, Grace Holland, who allegedly shot herself in front of him. Dr. Sarah Sweeney, 39, was found dead at Daus’s apartment on January 13, and her death is being treated …
