‘Justice for Jayda’: Community demands answers, alleges police misconduct in wake of Jayda Kyle murder trial
Murder
Local activists say Jalen Vaden’s confession was coerced and accused police of compromising the crime scene
Weird Crime
January 29, 2018
Stranger takes photos of himself inside an 84-year-old grandmother’s home with HER cellphone
A Missouri family is desperate for answers after they found photos and seconds-long videos of a strange man, taken with their grandmother’s phone inside her home. KMOV reports that Valerie Wallace found several pictures and videos of an unknown man in her 84-year-old grandmothers cellphone, apparently taken inside the elderly woman’s Festus home. Wallace immediately asked …
Juveniles
January 10, 2018
Dad says he turned in teen son after finding child porn in phone, refuses to bail him out because ‘he needs to learn’
A 17-year-old in Missouri is facing child pornography charges after his father allegedly discovered pictures of a naked toddler girl on his phone and turned him in to police. According to The Kansas City Star, Paul Spensberger claimed he discovered two illicit images in Andrew Spensberger’s phone on December 30. The close-up images reportedly depicted a 2-year-old …
December 27, 2017
Man dies in freak snorkeling accident during Christmas vacation with family: Police
A Missouri man vacationing in the Florida Keys with family reportedly died Christmas Day in a freak snorkeling accident. The Springfield News-Leader reported that Owen Holmes, 69, from Ozark, was visiting Florida with family and boarded a boat operated by Starfish Snorkeling in Marathon near Sombrero Key lighthouse. While snorkeling five miles offshore, Holmes experienced some …
Child Abuse
December 3, 2017
Couple’s abuse of infant son included sticking him in the microwave and TURNING IT ON: Cops
A husband and wife in Missouri are in jail on suspicion of child abuse after authorities say they subjected their infant son to injury that included being shoved in a microwave. According to KXAN, the victim was less than 4 months old when he was admitted to a St. Louis hospital earlier this year. The …
Child Abuse
November 12, 2017
Parents arrested as their infant undergoes emergency surgery for brutal injuries: Cops
Police in Missouri found an 11-month-old baby with serious injuries this week and took his parents into custody on suspicion of child abuse and neglect. According to the Belleville News-Democrat, the baby underwent emergency surgery Saturday evening to address trauma to the inside of his mouth. Reports indicate he also had “human bite marks on …
October 16, 2017
Manhunt underway after two reported violent inmates escape jail through air duct
Authorities issued a statewide manhunt in Missouri after two inmates escaped through an air duct from the Pemiscot County Jail in Caruthersville. ABC News reports that William Carter (pictured left), 27, who’s facing first degree murder charges, and Joseph Latamondeer (pictured right), 41, who’s facing felony assault and kidnapping charges, somehow managed to sneak out of their cells, and sliver their …
Murder
October 9, 2017
‘He is not human’: Man allegedly shoots dad in cold blood, shoots and paralyzes his young son [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
A Kansas City, Missouri, man who fatally shot a father then shot and paralyzed the dad’s 10-year-old son will spend the rest of his life behind bars. KCTV reported that a Jackson County judge sentenced Dontae Jefferson to life without parole for the first-degree murder of Ka’Vyea Curry, 34. The judge also ordered that life sentences …
Court
September 21, 2017
‘It’s a joke:’ Trooper gets 10 DAYS behind bars after drowning death of handcuffed man [UPDATE]
A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper was sentenced to 10 days in jail for the 2014 drowning death of a handcuffed Iowa man, as reported by WHO TV. The Kansas City Star reports that Judge Roger Prokes handed down the jail sentence to Anthony Piercy as “shock time.” In June, Piercy pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor boating violation, …
child endangerment
September 15, 2017
Mom arrives at daycare to pick up 1-year-old son, not realizing tot sat DEAD in sweltering van ALL DAY: Police
A Missouri mother who arrived at her 1-year-old son’s day care Monday afternoon allegedly realized that she forgot to drop him off that morning. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that daycare officials and police concluded that Tate Mitchell sat in the hot van for hours on Monday. Though Mitchell’s mother arrived at Casa dia Montessori School at around …
Sex Offenders
September 13, 2017
Registered sex offender rapes little girl three times and assaults toddler within a month’s span: Police
A registered Missouri sex offender is behind bars after he allegedly raped and molested two young girls in August. Springfield News-Reader reports that Dave Saffeels, 57, spent eight years in prison for molesting a 2-year-old toddler in 2002. Saffels, now out of prison, is accused of raping an 11-year-old girl three times last month. Saffels attacked …
Child Abuse
August 21, 2017
Daycare worker reportedly straps child to chair with duct tape, takes Snapchat pic
Did a Missouri daycare worker take discipline too far? The parents of a 4-year-old girl think so, and want the daycare shut down after an employee allegedly strapped the child to a chair with duct tape and took a picture. KFVS reports that the Missouri Department of Children and Family Services found the photo of the …