February 5, 2013 UPDATE: Morgan County prosecutors have charged three people with the murder of Carol and Freddy Wilson. Garland Mitchell, 46, and Mandy Mitchell, 28, both of Jefferson City and Derrell Spellmeyer, 44, of Eldon have each been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action. They are all being held on $1 million bond.
The Morgan County Sheriff’s office says 82-year-old Wayne L. Wells and 71-year-old Mable I. Wells were found shot to death Tuesday morning in their home in Ivy Bend, Mo. A neighbor called 911 after finding Mable Wells lying in a pool of blood. Her husband was found in another room. A door had been forced open.
October 8, 2012 The Benton County Sheriff's Office identified the body found in Truman Lake on September 30 as 15-year-old Khighla Parks and are following tips in reference to her homicide. The Benton County Sheriff's Office, Greene County Sheriff's Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol have followed leads that has led the investigation to the Dallas County area.
October 5, 2012 The Benton County Sheriff's Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol had actively been searching for the identity of the body that was found in Truman Lake last weekend (September 30). After a week of investigating, the Missouri State Highway Patrol announced that the body was that of 15-year-old Khighla Parks, who had been missing from her home in Willard, Missouri for the last two weeks. The identification occurred as a result of DNA testing.
September 5, 2012
September 4, 2012 The Missouri Rural Major Case Squad met this morning (September 4) for a briefing on the William "Blaine" Whitworth homicide case that happened Saturday night in the 1000 Block of Sunflower in Warrensburg.
