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 …
A West Virginia man has been charged with murder in the death of his parents, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office reports. Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford told WVMetroNews that investigators were trying to determine if an ax found at the scene was the murder weapon. Tsukasa and Claudette Kambara apparently died from multiple lacerations, the …
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with four counts of murder in the case.
The mother and her four kids were reportedly living in a condemned home filled with drugs
This weekend, police in West Virginia reportedly arrested two men involved in child trafficking and solicitation. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said a multi-agency investigation into child trafficking and soliciting minors resulted in Mark Armstead and Jonathan Vazquez-Gonzales’ arrests. Armstead, 59, was allegedly caught meeting a 13-year-old boy for sex. Vazquez-Gonzales’ was taken into custody …
A two day search for a woman who reportedly fell into the New River Gorge in West Virginia ended on Tuesday with the arrest of the woman and her husband on a variety of charges, including conspiracy, fraudulent schemes, and obstructing an officer, The Beckley Register-Herald reported. Julie Wheeler, 44, and Rodney Wheeler, 47, faked …
A West Virginia woman who filmed herself sexually abusing a young girl was sentenced Wednesday to up to 155 years in prison. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported that Elizabeth Haway, 43, will have to complete 45 years of her sentence before she’s eligible for parole. Mercer County Detective-Sergeant Steve Sommers said the victim was 5 …
Officials were reportedly alerted to a West Virginia boy weeks before his aunt, uncle, and grandmother murdered him. Keaton Boggs’ grandmother, Michelle Boggs, 48, along with her daughter and son-in-law, Chasity and Peter Wodzinski, 29 and 32, are charged with his murder. Two people close to the family told The Sun that calls were made …
A fourth person has been charged with being an accessory to the kidnapping and murder of a man whose burning body was at the end of a trail of blood in rural West Virginia. Maryland State Police arrested Emily R. Day, 27, on Friday, and she is being held in Maryland pending an extradition hearing, …
