Mo. wrongful conviction case settled for $15.5M

BND.com, bnd.com BYLINE: HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH – Associated Press Lee’s Summit/Kansas City, MO KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A businessman who spent several years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of molesting his stepdaughter said Friday that he has...

Greenville Police investigate missing evidence

ClarionLedger.com BYLINE: The Associated Press Greenville, MS GREENVILLE, MISS. — Greenville Police Chief Freddie Cannon says an investigation is under way into the discovery that an undetermined amount of money was taken from a crime scene. Money was reportedly taken...

KBI investigates break in of Bonner PD evidence room

The Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Chieftain The Chieftain, The BonnerSprings.com, bonnersprings.com BYLINE: Staff Report http://www.bonnersprings.com/news/2011/jun/09/kbi-investigates-break-bonner-pd-evidence-room/ Link to Article Bonner Springs, KS Bonner Springs...

From 2006: DNA leads to arrest in 1991 killing

Post Dispatch, stltoday.com BYLINE: VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN • vhahn@post-dispatch.com Link to Article Lincoln County, MO Almost 16 years ago, a worker clearing ice from Highway W found the partly clothed body of 18-year-old Stephanie Hogland facedown in a ditch. She had...

Former Carter County, Mo., deputy charged with stolen property, burglary

Daily American Republic, Southeast Missourian, semissourian.com BYLINE: Michelle Friedrich ~ Daily American Republic Link to Article Carter County, MO VAN BUREN, Mo. — The former chief deputy of Carter County has been charged with possessing a gun allegedly...

KC crime lab’s long-ago foresight to preserve evidence has helped crack cold cases

The Kansas City Star, A; Pg. 1 BYLINE: CHRISTINE VENDEL; The Kansas City Star Kansas City, MO Starting in the 1970s, Kansas City crime lab workers meticulously preserved hairs on glass slides in file cabinets and stored blood and bodily fluid samples in envelopes in...