Police in Massachusetts are searching for the mother of a newborn abandoned on the front step of a Springfield couple who returned from a weekend away Sunday night to find him, wrapped in blankets in a car seat. Investigators believe the baby boy was left there Friday night and remained as temperatures plunged below freezing …
TWo Illinois paramedics have been charged with murder after they allegedly strapped a man suffering hallucinations from alcohol withdrawal face down on a stretcher. Earl L.Moore, 35, died at a hospital on December 18, said Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon, who classified Moore’s death as a homicide and said he died from asphyxia “due to …
An Arkansas man has been charged with negligent homicide after allegedly running over a woman who jumped from his truck early Monday evening. A Washington County Sheriff’s Office report says that Nathan Shear, 25, was driving a 3500 Dodge Ram in Springfield when Mia Worthy reportedly jumped from the truck. She was run over by …
A Missouri mother and her wife have been charged with interference with custody in the disappearance of three young boys last month. Court documents say that Brittany Barnes and Ceairah Beverly picked up the three boys from their grandmother’s home for an unsupervised visit on March 23, KOLR reported. The grandmother, Audrey Beverly, is the …
A Missouri home daycare operator faces multiple charges relating to the death of an 8-month-old boy in her care. Deborah Lundstrom, 47, has ben charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death, eight counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and operating a child care facility …
Police on the Florida Panhandle have arrested a 26-year-old man who allegedly held a woman against her will for nearly a week while beating, burning, and raping her. The Springfield Police Department said the victim contacted them on Wednesday and said she’d been held for five days and subjected to brutal treatment. Officers said the …
A Missouri nursing assistant has been accused of sexually abusing a 75-year-old patient who cannot move without assistance. Calieb Chase Craft, 24, was arrested on Thursday and charged with sodomy, sexual abuse, and elder abuse, according to court records. His employer, CoxHealth, said Friday it had fired him. According to the Springfield News-Leader, a 75-year-old …
An Illinois toddler is dead after the family dog bit the girl on the head when she ventured close to the dog’s bowl while it was eating. Springfield Police said A’myrikal Hull, who turned 1 on March 7, was rushed to HSHS St John’s Hospital late Thursday night, where she was pronounced dead, ABC 6 …
Stephanie Plumb’s two daughters were wounded in the attack, which police say came from her boyfriend.
A 48-year-old employee at the Bunn-O-Matic factory in Springfield, Illinois, opened fire at about 11 a.m. Friday, killing two fellow employees and critically wounding a third, WCIA reported. Michael Collins was found in his vehicle, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, nearly three hours later about 35 miles away in neighboring Morgan County. The Sangamon …
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 …
Authorities in Missouri say a woman was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder following a hit-and-run crash that left a 57-year-old woman dead. According to the Springfield News Leader, suspect Elizabeth McKeown allegedly admitted to investigators that she purposely targeted Barbara E. Foster in the fatal Tuesday incident. Police reports indicate the 46-year-old woman told …
