Prosecutors have charged a Missouri man with first degree murder in the June death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son, the Joplin Globe reports. Brian O’Grodnick, 22, was charged with four counts of child abuse after investigators found several videos on his cellphone showing repeated abuse of Jameson Long, who died on June 2 after he …
A Missouri sheriff’s deputy waded into a mucky, muddy pond to pluck a 2-year-old girl out of water up to the child’s neck. Cpl Nicole Collins responded to a call about a missing toddler at about 4:15 p.m. on June 22 near Knob Noster. The little girl had ben missing for about 20 minutes. According …
A Missouri couple abandoned a 12-year-old boy with cerebral palsy when they moved and monitored him from their new home with an in-home video system, the Kansas City Star reports. Janine Allen, 30, and Brendon Luke, 29, have been charged with felony abuse or neglect of a child after they allegedly left the boy, identified …
On one instance, Chauvin allegedly blamed Floyd, who handed him his paycheck, for his low pay
Two dogs in Missouri reportedly died in a hot car Wednesday as their owner attended a professional dog-training course. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the unidentified woman left her Labrador retriever and German shepherd in the car with the air conditioner on as she attended a lecture at The Tom Rose School on how …
A 28-year-old Missouri woman was arrested Friday and charged with first and second degree murder in the death of her newborn baby earlier this month. Missouri State Highway Patrol investigators said that Makuya Stephanie Kambamba gave birth in a toilet at the Smithfield Foods plant in Milan where she worked and then allowed the infant …
A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper stopped his car, barely believing what he saw: an emaciated boy, carrying a bag, walking along a lonely rural highway in the middle of the night. His face, legs, and arms were covered with bruises. Beneath his shirt, bruises covered his torso, in various stages of healing. But it …
UPDATE: Police said Friday afternoon that Brittany Marroquin-Perez “has been located safe.” Original story: Police in Missouri asked for the public’s help in locating an endangered pregnant woman who vanished early Friday. In a Facebook post, the Joplin Police Department said Brittany Marroquin-Perez (Simpson) was last seen at 3:34 a.m. Additional details regarding her disappearance …
Deputies arriving at a western Missouri home on a domestic disturbance/assault call early Monday morning found a man sitting atop a 40-foot tower on his property, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office said. Chance D. Bray, 51, stayed atop the tower, which appeared to be of a type used for television reception, for nearly six hours, …
A Missouri man who is accused of killing his pregnant wife last year made a court appearance on Monday, the first time since his arraignment. Beau Rothwell, 29, is charged with the second-degree murder of Jennifer Rothwell, 28, whose body was discovered on November 18 in a wooded area along Highway 61 near Troy. He …
A Missouri woman has filed a lawsuit against Lyft, months after one of their drivers allegedly raped her in the backseat of his car. Cristen Giangarra, 30, has accused ex-Lyft driver Larry Ward, 53, of sexually assaulting her on June 22. Ward had picked Giangarra up after a night of drinking; her lawyers claimed she …
Missouri police have charged a man already in jail for probation violation in the death of a teenager whose body was found on December 30 after she had been missing for 10 days, the Springfield News Leader reported. MacKenna Milhon, 19, was reported missing on December 20, last seen getting into a black vehicle at …
