A 22-year-old Missouri woman held captive, raped, and assaulted since early September showed obvious signs of restraint and was wearing a metal collar with a padlock when she escaped the house where she was being held. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the woman got out of the Excelsior Springs house early Friday morning and ran to …
A toddler fatally shot himself in the parking lot of an AutoZone in St. Louis on Monday afternoon. Police said the boy had already been taken to the hospital by the time they arrived. He was pronounced dead there, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The Child Abuse Unit is handling the investigation. KMOV said the …
Police remained in a small, suburban Kansas City town in Missouri on Saturday, investigating after an emaciated woman ran out of a house and began screaming for help early Friday. Investigators arrested Timothy Haslett Jr, charging him with rape, kidnapping and assault, but the escaped victim told police there were possibly two more victims, the …
A Missouri couple has been charged with child endangerment resulting in the death of 21-month-old boy who found a loaded gun and shot himself in the head. Police said Alea Little, 24, and her boyfriend, 30-year-old Donnell Straughter, were in bed with the toddler at Little’s home at about 1 p.m. on August 31. The …
A Missouri man flagged down a Texas police chief Wednesday and told him he’d shot his wife. Floydada Police Chief Reuben Ramon told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that he was checking out a report of a hay bale in the road early Wednesday afternoon when Keith Bass II, 48, waved him over. Ramon said Bass approached …
A Missouri man has been charged in the death of a 6-year-old girl found Friday in a St. Joseph home. St. Joseph Police said they were called to the scene about a suspicious person acting erratically at about 6:30 a.m. Investigators found the body of the little girl inside the house, KQTV reported, and arrested …
A 27-year-old Missouri man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting his wife several times in the face at close range. According to court documents, Henry County prosecutors say Ryan Wayne Alexander called 911 about 6:15 p.m. on Sunday to say he’d shot his wife, Ashton Christine Alexander. Audio from a neighbor’s surveillance video …
A Missouri college football player was shot and killed this week by his off-campus roommate. Torrance Evans, a senior, was an offensive lineman for the Central Methodist University Eagles. Kundarrius Taylor, 23, was charged with first degree murder in the Thursday night shooting in Fayette, about a block off campus, according to the Fayette Advertiser. …
A 62-year-old Missouri man was charged with attempted murder Friday for allegedly using a high-powered rifle to shoot a crop duster flying near his property. In addition to attempted murder, Donald V. Bates has been charged with felony property damage, unlawful weapons use, assault, and armed critical action. He is being held without bond in …
A Missouri man convicted in April in the brutal 2019 beating death of his pregnant wife was sentenced to life in prison without parole last week. Jennifer Rothwell, who was six weeks pregnant when she was killed, had looked up “what to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant” on her phone shortly …
A Missouri man has been charged with beating to death an elderly woman on her front porch in Berkeley Wednesday morning. Prosecutors said that Eileen Schnitker was found dead with blunt force injuries to her face and head and stab wounds to her stomach, KTVI reported. Isaac Heath, 31, has been charged with first degree …
The remains of a 21-year-old Missouri woman missing since May 19 were found last week buried in a barn in Cape Girardeau County. Jessi Wilfong’s mother contacted the Fredericktown Police Department on May 24 when she hadn’t heard from her daughter, according to KVFS. Investigators determined that Wilfong had been at a home in Fredericktown …
