By RYAN J. FOLEY , Associated Press BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa college student who was allegedly abducted by a stranger while running last month in a small Iowa town was killed by “multiple sharp force injuries,” investigators announced Thursday. Preliminary autopsy results from the state medical examiner’s office also determined that 20-year-old Mollie…
St.Louis, MO (KTRS) Auditor Nicole Galloway released not so favorable results from an audit on Community Improvement Districts. Galloway released those findings during a Thursday morning news conference in downtown St. Louis. The audit showed what Galloway called “a pattern self dealing and lack of accountability.: “Taxpayers are on the hook for billions in project costs…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) A 75-thousand square foot all-ability baseball and soccer field with six-hole putting green is now open at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in Maryland Heights. A ribbon-cutting was held Thursday morning for the new outdoor recreation area and nurses’ station. Ranken Jordan Interim CEO and COO Brett Moorehouse stated, “The new…
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Investigators compared online family tree data with crime-scene DNA evidence to identify and track down a suspect in a series of North Carolina rapes from a decade ago, police said Wednesday. One of the lead detectives called the approach, similar to what was used in the “Golden State Killer” cold case…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The day after President Donald Trump was implicated in a federal crime, members of both parties dismissed talk of impeachment, with some Democrats expressing fears Wednesday about such a politically risky step, and Republicans shrugging off the accusations or withholding judgment. The legal entanglements surrounding Trump — the guilty plea by former…
DENVER, CO (AP) — A Colorado man charged with killing his family and dumping their bodies at an oil worksite taped a video presentation six years ago about saving or abandoning relationships. A YouTube video posted in April 2012 shows Christopher Watts giving a PowerPoint presentation that he titled “Communication Speech, Relationship Deterioration and Repair.” Watts opened…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — The man fatally shot near a light rail station in St. Louis was a government media relations official struck by stray gunfire from a dispute he had nothing to do with. Police say 48-year-old Craig LeFebvre was killed Tuesday night in a shooting at the MetroLink station on South Grand…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A panel of former judges is considering the Missouri death penalty case of Marcellus Williams and whether Gov. Mike Parson should spare his life. The board met Wednesday in Jefferson City and heard from attorneys on both sides. Williams’ son, the NAACP Missouri president and other supporters gathered outside. Innocence…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Victims of clergy sexual abuse are calling for a wide-scale investigation of sex crime allegations against Catholic priests in Missouri, and whether the church participated in a cover-up. One victim, a woman whose son killed himself after being abused as a teenager, and an attorney for other abuse victims spoke…
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — The human remains found along railroad tracks in St. Louis have been identified as those of a Maplewood woman missing since May. Gary Martin told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Wednesday that Maplewood detectives told him the remains were of his mother, 62-year-old Barbara Johnson. St. Louis police call her death “suspicious,” and homicide…