Update 6:20 p.m.: An Amber Alert issued for a 6-year-old West Virginia girl believed abducted by her non custodial mother has been canceled after she and her mother were located in Kentucky, WCHS reports. The mother, 37-year-old Shana Carf, was taken into custody on multiple charges after leading police on an Interstate 64 chase, during …
A former Ohio school superintendent — fired five years ago after investigators found a suspected crack pipe and crack in his vehicle during a traffic stop — was arrested in West Virginia this week for allegedly kidnapping two children earlier in the month. William Morrison, 59, has been charged with two counts of kidnapping in …
Wanda Palmer awoke from a two-year coma last month and identified her brother, Daniel Palmer, as the man who put her there.
A West Virginia woman awoke from a two-year coma this week and identified her brother as the man who beat her so badly officials doubted she would survive. Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger Daniel Palmer III had been identified as a suspect early on but investigators never had enough evidence to charge him, until Wanda …
A deputy and a suspect were killed in a West Virginia shootout Friday afternoon after the deputy and his partner responded to a call about a domestic disturbance just before 8 p.m. on Friday. Nicholas County Sheriff’s deputies contacted suspects Ritchie Holcomb, 36, and Tyler Kelly, 28, in a camper. The two came out of …
A West Virginia mom has been charged with child neglect after her toddler daughter stepped out in front of a Fayette County deputy’s patrol vehicle Thursday evening. The deputy said the little girl, who was under 2-years-old, wasn’t wearing shoes and was walking in the roadway of Boomer Branch Road before she stepped in front …
An Ohio couple was arrested across state lines in West Virginia this week after they were indicted for their infant child’s fentanyl overdose death in September. Robert L. Filius, 29, and Michaela R. Hupp, 25, were charged with involuntary manslaughter endangering children, possession of fentanyl related compound, aggravated possession of drugs, and being a fugitive …
A West Virginia man has been charged with more than 300 counts of incest after investigators said he sexually assaulted a juvenile relative for six years. Billie Gene Seabolt, 65, has also been charged with sexual abuse by a custodian or guardian and first degree sexual assault, WOWK reported. The station cited a criminal complaint …
It took a jury a mere 30 minutes on Thursday to convict a West Virginia woman in last year’s death of her 5-year-old grandson. A Harrison County jury found Michelle Boggs, 49, guilty of allowing child abuse by a parent, guardian, or custodian that resulted in the death of Keaton Boggs. The grandmother took the …
The jury took 30 minutes to hand down a guilty verdict
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace discusses the grisly murder of a Minnesota man by a father and his two daughters — one of whom married the father three weeks after the murder. Among Grace’s panelists is Samantha Perry, editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, who called the crime “one of the most horrific cases I ever covered.”
A West Virginia dad and husband, whose wife killed five children and herself before burning their house down, urged friends and family to “hug everyone you love a lot tighter” and never leave anyone in an argument, the US Sun reports. Brian Bumgarner was staying with family during the work week because of transportation issues …
