A West Virginia mother has been indicted on multiple charges related to the death of her 16-day old daughter this summer. Brooke Kessler, 33, told investigators she “probably” caused the the infant’s fatal injuries by squeezing her “too hard” while she was “irritated.” The little girl had “multiple, serious injuries,” West Virginia State Troopers said, …
A West Virginia man has been charged with murder after police found a dead woman in a home in Weirton. Police arrived at the home Saturday morning to find Jordan Lee Pager, a 32-year-old American citizen, outside yelling at ambulance personnel while holding a gun, WTRF reported. Officers ordered him to drop the weapon and …
A West Virginia couple charged with locking their adopted children in a shed and forcing them to do farm labor saw their bond more than doubled last week after they were indicted on new charges in May. Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather were initially arrested in October 2023 after deputies were called to check on …
An argument at a West Virginia family gathering Friday night erupted into an exchange of gunfire, leaving four people — including a child — hospitalized with non-lifethreatening injuries. One of the injured people was one of two gunmen, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department said, according to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. A second suspect initially fled …
A convicted sex offender suspected of killing his Maryland parole officer and fleeing was captured Saturday afternoon hundreds of miles away in West Virginia. Maryland Parole and Probation agent Davis Martinez, 33, went to conduct a resident visit on Friday at the home of 54-year-old Emanuel Edward Sewell in Chevy Chase, as CrimeOnline reported. When …
Police in West Virginia on Saturday announced the arrests of two people in connection with the death last month of a 3-month-old boy. Evander Meadows was found unresponsive at a home in Milton on May 23 and was rushed to a hospital, where he died the following day, the Milton Police Department said. Earlier on …
The grandparents of a West Virginia teen found dead “emaciated to a skeletal state” have joined the girl’s mother in jail. Donna Sue Stone, 76, and Jerry Carter Stone, 75, have been charged with child neglect resulting in death, WOWK reported. As CrimeOnline reported, Julie Miller was arrested in April on the same charge after …
A West Virginia mother was arrested after her 14-year-old daughter was found dead Wednesday morning “in an emaciated, skeletal state.” Julie Anne Stone Miller, 49, has been charged with child neglect causing death, Boone County Sheriff Chad Barker said. Someone at the home, where the girl lived with her mother and two grandmothers, called 911, …
A Pennsylvania murder suspect killed himself in West Virginia Monday morning after a pursuit along Interstate 79 in Charleston. Kanawha County deputies said they got information that the suspect in a double murder in Allegheny County was in their area at about 6 a.m. and spotted the black Acura about an hour later, WSAZ reported. …
A West Virginia couple was charged with child neglect after state troopers found a child locked in a feces-smeared bedroom with bungee cords. The troopers also found drug paraphernalia in the child’s bedroom, WBOY reported. A criminal complaint field against Candace Conrad, 28, and Tony Blosser, 36, said that the troopers were dispatched to the …
One trooper’s leg had to be amputed, but he is recovering, officials said.
The suspect in a Friday afternoon double murder in West Virginia killed himself Saturday morning as police closed in on him at an Ohio hotel. The Vienna, West Virginia, Police Department said family members found 45-year-old Thomas J. Platt of Parkersburg and 43-year-old Christy L. Roseberry of Vienna dead from apparent gunshot wounds at a …
