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West Mesa murders. The West Mesa Murders are the killings of eleven women whose remains were found buried in 2009 in the desert on the West Mesa of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several suspects have been named, but none were arrested or charged. While the killings were initially believed to be the work of a serial killer, the involvement of a sex ...
Billy Cook (criminal) William Edward Cook Jr. (December 23, 1928 – December 12, 1952) was an American spree killer and mass murderer who murdered six people, including a family of five, on a 22-day rampage between Missouri and California in 1950–51. [1]
Aug. 21—The Jasper County coroner has ruled the death Aug. 12 of a 31-year-old Joplin man a suicide by hanging. Joplin police Capt. William Davis said two passersby reported spotting a man ...
Ray Copeland was born in Oklahoma in 1914. While he was growing up, his family moved around, struggling to survive during the Great Depression. [2] [3] [4] As a young man, he began a life of petty crime, stealing livestock and forging checks, until he was caught and served a year in jail.
The gunshot struck a water pipe, and nobody was injured. He also tried repeatedly to shoot principal Stephen Gilbreth at near-point-blank range as Gilbreth ushered him out of the school. Joplin police say the attempt was foiled by an improperly seated ammunition magazine in the rifle. The principal was not injured.
A Missouri man was arrested in connection with the deaths of eight puppies that were found in a sealed plastic tote outside a Humane Society. Seth Vaile, 30, faces eight counts of misdemeanor ...
The Joplin Police Department was created in 1873, and is responsible for providing law enforcement services to a major population center in Southwest Missouri encompassing approximately 50,000 city residents and 200,000 daily visitors through its patrol, investigations, administration, special enforcement, and support services bureaus which ...
MO: 13th • Density: 1,359.26/sq mi (524.82/km 2) ... Joplin is a city in Jasper and Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. The ...