A Kentucky grand jury added manslaughter to the charges against a former University of Kentucky student accused in the death of her newborn, who was found dead in a trashbag in her closet last August. Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney Kimberly Baird told WKYT the grand jury considered multiple options for Laken Snelling before settling on manslaughter. …
A 48-year-old Tennessee man has been arrested after he allegedly uploaded hundreds of files of child rape material. Court documents show that Michael Francis uploaded 539 images and 145 videos between May 11, 2024, and October 15, 2024, WHBQ reports. Google made te initial report, the station said, but the reports went through multiple channels …
A Tennessee church deacon was arrested Wednesday and charged with nine counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor after his wife found photos and videos on his phone of a teenage babysitter using the toilet and shower and changing clothes in their bathroom. According to WTVC, Christopher Thomas Collins, 42, was removed from …
A Tennessee woman, her two children, and her grandmother were found shot to death early Friday in what police say was a triple murder-suicide. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said deputies were called to the home for a welfare check and found the bodies, WKRN reported. “I know the family,” Davis said during a press …
A Tennessee first grade teacher was charged with two counts of child abuse after her children reported to their father that she bit and scratched them while screaming at them over her cell phone. Chattanooga Police took the report on December 12 after he picked up two of his children from his estranged wife, Heather …
Police in a suburban Nashville town are investigating after a man and an infant boy dead inside a home there. Mt. Juliet Police said the two were found on Wednesday afternoon by a family members. More details were not available. “This evening’s tragic discovery weighs heavily on us all, especially during Christmas,” Police Chief Tyler …
Investigators are probing the death of a Middle Tennessee State University professor who was found shot dead in the middle of a roadway in Dekalb County early Thursday morning. The Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office said deputies responded to the shooting and found “a loaded and cocked handgun” next to the body of 41-year-old Ashleigh …
A Tennessee couple has been charged with cild neglect after police conducting a wellness check at the home found two young chidren living in filthy and disgusting conditions. Leon Woods, 65, and Carol Phillips, 32, apparently had an argument Friday night and somehow that came to the attention of Woods’ adult daughter, he called police, …
Investigators this week followed up on a lead in the four-year-old case of Summer Wells, the Tennessee girl who vanished from her Hawkins County home when she was 5 years old. A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson told WJHL that its agents and detectives were at a rural location about 10 miles from the girl’s …
A Tennessee man has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and arson after he allegedly lit his grandmother on fire. An arrest report says that a witness restrained Christopher Medula, 39, until deputies arrived on the scene, WRCB reported. The victim was flown to a hospital in Nashville with burns on 70 percent of …
The Tennessee man accused of killing four members of a family and kidnapping a baby has been indicted on multiple charges by a grand jury. Prosecutors said Austin Drummond was formally charged with four counts of first degree murder, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, aggravated kidnapping, and possession …
A Tennessee man has been charged with murder in the death of his mother. Linda Spivey, 76, was found dead at her Lake Tansi home on November 3 when deputies conducted a welfare check, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office teamed up with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the 13th Judicial …
