A Toledo, Ohio, felon who is currently in prison for an aggravated murder conviction, was charged today by federal Information with one count of murder, which occurred in 2005, on the grounds of Fort Knox Military Base, announced U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

According to the Information, on or about January 7, 2005, in the Western District of Kentucky, Meade County, Kentucky, the defendant, Ernest Otto Smith, age 49, murdered Cathy M. Barnett willfully, deliberately, maliciously, and with premeditation, on the grounds of Fort Knox, within the special territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

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If convicted at trial, Smith could be sentenced to no less than life in prison and fined $250,000.Smith is currently in the custody of the Ohio Department of Prisons, and is an inmate at the Ely, Nevada, State Prison. A date for his initial appearance has not been scheduled.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David Weiser and is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The charge of a person by an Information is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

An autopsy has confirmed that the 7-year-old girl found dead in a creek in Allen County was murdered, WAVE 3 News reports.

The body of Gabriella Doolin was found in a creek near Allen County High School. Doolin was reported missing by her mother from a peewee football game they were attending on the Allen County High School campus.

A search began immediately by authorities. Her body was found in a creek in a wooded area behind the school.

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Gabriella’s father struggled to speak to the crowd that had gathered to remember her.

“”I love you. I ain’t no speaker, but i have love in my heart. Hold those babies tight. I’d love to hold just one more time, just hold her tight,” Brian Doolin told mourners.

No other details of Gabriella’s death are being released at this time.

Two Powell County men are in jail after being charged in a 2011 murder.

Nickie Miller and Cody Hall have been charged in the shooting death of 52-year-old Paul Miller at his Mt. Sterling home. Investigators say that the men knew Brewer and that the shooting was a set-up.

Officials also tell LEX 18 that two women will be charged as well.

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The night of the murder, Deputies say those two women invited the men into Brewer’s home, knowing they would rob him. Brewer was shot and killed in his bed.

Miller and Hall will be arraigned Thursday. Family members say that both men used to work with Brewer.

A Lexington woman is in jail after police say she assaulted someone and left an infant in danger.

According to a citation, 25-year-old Abigail Sargent was found yesterday afternoon on Georgetown Street after allegedly assaulting her boyfriend. Witnesses say the two got out a vehicle to fight, when the car began rolling backwards with her 7-month-old baby inside.

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Investigators confirm that the man Sargent was fighting with was the baby’s father.

Police captured her a short time later.

She is scheduled to appear in court Monday  on charges of wanton endangerment and assault.

A man is behind bars after police say he broke into a home on Martin Drive in Richmond last Tuesday. Police responded to a report of a man wearing a bandanna around his face and walking around the back yard of the home.

Upon arrival, police found 31-year-old William Johnson hiding behind the house.

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Investigators say the basement door had been pried open and three guns, a lock box, and a telescope had been stolen from the home.

Johnson is facing charges of burglary and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Boyd County deputies are still looking for 3 people they say impersonated police officers.

According to the citation, three men and a woman entered a home late Wednesday night on Twin Fork Road, wearing shirts that said “Police Narcotics” and carrying guns.

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25-year-old Christopher Smith was among the impersonators, according to deputies. He and the other three suspects hand-tied the resident of that house before combing the home for drugs.

The resident was able to call police and the suspects took off.

Smith has since identified the other three suspects.

The body of a seven year old girl found in a creek is now being investigated as a  homicide.

Scottsville Police Department says that Gabriella Doolin, 7, was reported missing by her mother from a football game they were attending on the Allen County High School campus.

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A search began immediately by authorities. Her body was found in a creek in a wooded area behind the Allen County High School.

The Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville will be performing an autopsy to determine how she died.

Her death is being investigated as a homicide.

Cleveland police are asking for the public to help find a missing 16-year-old girl last seen leaving school on Thursday.

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Alison Nichols, 16, was last seen Thursday afternoon leaving Lincoln-West High School, Det. Jennifer Ciaccia said. Her family reported her missing Saturday evening.

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Alison was last seen wearing a Lincoln-West sweatshirt, black leggings, a black hat and a green coat, police say.

She is 5 feet 5 and weighs about 200 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information about Alison’s whereabouts should call Cleveland police First District detectives at 216-623-5118 or by calling 216-621-1234.

Alison is the second teenage girl to go missing from the city’s West Side this week. 15-year-old Alexis Boroviak disappeared from her home in Brooklyn, just outside Cleveland’s city limits, on Nov. 8.

Alexis’s family continues to search for the girl, holding search parties and passing out missing person fliers across greater Cleveland. A “flashlight rally” for Alexis was held Thursday night by supporters hoping to bring her home.

The man police say is responsible for a deadly shooting is behind bars.

22-year-old Joshua Brown was arrested Thursday after allegedly fatally shooting his girlfriend’s father and injuring his girlfriend. It happened October 27th on Jason Drive in Madison County.

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Police say Brown shot 57-year-old Steve Thomas Martin, who died at the scene. Then Brown allegedly shot his girlfriend, Shalynn, in the foot before shooting himself in the head.

Brown is being held at Kentucky State Reformatory in La Grange where he can get the medical attention he needs. No word on a motive.

Police issued a new alert Friday for a missing Odessa woman last seen on August 11.

Jakayla “Jackie” Salazar, 25, was reported missing by relatives on August 19, officials said.

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“Most of the missing person cases [we investigate] do get solved fairly quickly,” said Odessa Police spokesman Cpl. Steve LeSueur. “We are concerned about her welfare.”

It’s unknown where Salazar was seen before her unexplained disappearance.

Her Facebook profile states she lives in Midland. Her residence is listed in police records as an Odessa address in the 500 block of East Monahans Street.

“[Salazar’s relatives] haven’t had any contact with her since that [missing person] report was made [on August 19], and that isn’t like her to not have contact with them,” said LeSueur.

Anybody with information is urged to contact Odessa Crime Stoppers at (432) 333-TIPS.