Baron Jonson The killing of David Krause has prompted detention hearings, new charges and questions about custody controls. MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A juvenile court case tied to the April 14 killing of David Krause has expanded as Milwaukee prosecutors accuse teenagers of joining an attempted armed robbery that ended with Krause shot dead after a storm-night ride. … Read more
The fatal shooting of Lanessa Rodriguez prompted murder and evidence-tampering charges in St. Lucie County. FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A worried co-worker’s trip to a South U.S. 1 gold shop led police to the body of a store manager and a homicide case now involving two Vero Beach men. The April 28 killing of Lanessa … Read more
A probable cause statement says a man described seeing Janice Cook’s body moved and buried on a Windsor property. CLINTON, Mo. — A witness who said he saw a missing Missouri woman lying on the ground at a rural home led investigators to buried remains and helped turn the case into a murder prosecution, authorities … Read more
Frank Weiss’s daughter was told he had gone to Cancun after investigators allege he was killed, police say. FRISCO, Texas — Frank Weiss’s daughter spent more than two decades waiting for answers after her father was found dead near Lake Lewisville in 2002, and police now say two people face murder warrants in the cold … Read more
Digital records helped show who killed 4-year-old Haley Weikle, prosecutors said. BECKLEY, W.Va. — Phone records and internet searches helped prosecutors build the case against a West Virginia mother who pleaded guilty to killing her 4-year-old daughter after years of denying responsibility. The digital trail became one of the clearest parts of the case against … Read more
Lana Brown Bradley was found dead April 4 after relatives asked deputies to check her home. NATCHEZ, Miss. — Lana Brown Bradley spent years teaching in Adams County before retiring, but her name returned to public view this spring after deputies found her dead in a case that now has her youngest son facing murder … Read more
A bystander photographed the truck and heard the suspect deny responsibility at the scene, police say. JUPITER, Fla. — A witness who thought she saw a branch fly through the air instead found an injured woman on Center Street, helping police build a case against a man accused of pushing her from a moving pickup. … Read more
Jurors watched footage from inside the wounded man’s vehicle before two defendants received life sentences. HOUSTON, Texas — A federal murder-for-hire case ended in life sentences after jurors watched in-car video of a Katy commuter being shot by mistake during a planned highway attack, prosecutors said. The camera footage became one of the clearest pieces … Read more
Court records say dispatchers heard threats and pleas before officers arrested Joseph David Bulfer inside the townhome. MANKATO, Minn. — A woman hiding her cellphone during a bathroom assault gave dispatchers an open line into a Mankato townhome where police say her former boyfriend had just killed her current partner. The 911 call is a … Read more
Kayla Blake and her daughter, Kennedi McWhorter, were found dead after a co-worker checked on Blake. MOREHEAD, Ky. — A welfare check requested after a Kentucky nurse missed work led to the discovery of a slain mother and daughter and, seven months later, a life sentence for the man who admitted killing them. The case … Read more