A Pike County man has pleaded guilty to hitting and killing a man last year.

49-year old William Damron pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless homicide. He is accused of hitting and killing Donald Castor while Castor was cutting weeds in his yard.

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Damron’s sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 19.

Police are searching for a teen who went missing after she and her mother got into an argument and she left the residence.

Eliza Grace Lopez, 17, is developmentally delayed, police say, and her mother is very worried about her.

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The teen is described as 5-foot, 2-inches tall with brown eyes and black hair. Police say she weighs about 98 pounds.

Those with any information on Lopez’s whereabouts are asked to call 505-924-6000.

A Fort Bragg man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of sexually abusing a child family member over several years, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.

Daniel Medina, 34, was being held in the Mendocino County Jail on a $200,000 bond after he was booked on suspicion of three felony sexual abuse charges, including lewd acts with a child. Authorities said the abuse may have been going on for as long as seven years.

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According to the Sheriff’s Office, the abuse was reported by the child in July. She reportedly told investigators that most of the abuse took place in the city of Fort Bragg, with two incidents recently occurring within the jurisdiction of the Sheriff’s Office.

A Spokane man likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury convicted him of murder in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend, whose body was found buried in a makeshift grave in Elk last year.

Jason D. Flett, 28, was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday following a weeklong trial. Investigators implicated Flett in the death of Ramona Childress, a woman he had been dating, after a witness told police that he helped Flett bury a woman’s body near his property in September 2012.

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Childress’ family reported her missing in October 2012 after she failed to pick up her two children, according to a missing person’s report.

The man who helped bury the 27-year-old Childress told police Flett admitted to fatally stabbing her to keep her from telling police about a string of burglaries he was involved in, according to court documents.

Flett served seven years in prison after pleading guilty to assault in the stabbing of a man at a home near NorthTown Mall in 2005.

Childress’ body was discovered on the Elk property last November after the witness told police about the burial. The witness described Flett as a family friend.

The jury also found Flett guilty of two deadly weapon enhancements, determining he was armed with a knife and a shovel at the time of the crimes. The witness told police that Flett struck Childress in the head twice with a shovel before the pair buried her remains, according to court documents.

A woman who was present at the burial and who has a child with Flett has not been charged in the homicide, according to court filings. Flett allegedly threatened the woman as well as the man who eventually told police about the crime that he would kill them if they spoke of the burial.

Flett is scheduled to stand trial again later this month, facing allegations he struck the mother of his child with a crowbar shortly before his arrest in November.

Flett is scheduled to be sentenced in September. The jury returned a special verdict indicating Flett’s crime was committed with “deliberate cruelty to the victim,” all but assuring a life sentence in the case.

Police are searching for Rose Hartman, 57, of Wilder, who was reported missing.

Hartman was staying with family members in Fort Thomas when she disappeared Aug. 14 at 1:40 p.m.

During her last contact, she was at the Fifth Third Bank, Clintonville branch, in Columbus, Ohio.

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She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a pale pink shirt and gym shoes. Hartman is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with a thin build and gray hair. She drives a gray Honda Civic with Kentucky license plate 956-PJS.
Call Fort Thomas Police with any information, 859-292-3622.

New details have emerged after a second arrest is made in connection to a fatal fire in Martin County. Three people died including an 8-year-old girl.

Tim Goble lost his 8-year-old daughter, Trinity, his mother, Tina, and his step-father, Junior.

“As the details have come out it’s definitely made it a lot harder. It’s made it a much more tougher process,” says Goble.

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According to an arrest warrant, 26-year-old Amanda Bowen is facing murder charges along with robbery and tampering with physical evidence in connection to the fire, the same charges as Jack Smith.

The warrant also states Bowen allegedly worked with Smith to kill all three by shooting them with a gun and stabbing them with a knife after robbing Tina of medication and jewelry.

“I’m trying to be as strong as possible,” says Goble.

As arson investigators continue to come out to the scene to find out exactly what happened, Goble tells LEX 18 that he’s going to withhold anger and focus on the good by holding on to the last moments he had with Trinity.

“I know that she would want her dad to smile she would want her dad to try to be happy,” says Goble.

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A Madison County teen admitted in court to killing her baby sister while watching her last year.

She says she was frustrated with the infant at the time of the death.

The hearing Wednesday was less than 10 minutes. Marcum stood before the court with her head down and her voice low. The judge asked Marcum to describe in her own words what happened to Bella Rose on June 7, 2013.

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“I was laying Bella down for a nap and I got frustrated and put my hand on her head,” said Marcum.

Marcum says she pressed her sister’s head into the mattress until she stopped crying, but never meant to kill her.

“I just got frustrated because she wouldn’t go to sleep,” said Marcum.

Marcum was only a child herself, 17-years-old and about to finish her G.E.D. She changed her plea from not guilty of murder to guilty of manslaughter. She admits to killing baby Bella Rose, even though she says it was an accident.

A second arrest has been in connection with a triple murder in Martin County.

Amanda Bowen is charged with three counts of murder, robbery, and tampering with physical connection in connection with the deaths of three people in a weekend fire.

Jack Smith has already been charged in the case. He is charged three counts of murder, one count of first-degree robbery and one count of tampering with physical evidence. Smith is being held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center without bond.

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The victims have been identified as Tina Goble, her husband Canie Johnson, Jr., and her granddaughter, Trinity Maynard.

Tim Goble, Trinity’s father and Tina Goble’s son, said Smith was a family acquaintance.

He says Trinity had just started the third grade and he was supposed to spend the day watching basketball with her. Instead, he’s picking out headstones and remembering the inseparable bond all three shared.

“Honestly, those three were inseparable,” he said.

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Elderly twins arrested on child porn charges appeared in court Wednesday morning and will apparently face additional charges.

Jerry and Jack Cassidy, 76, waived their preliminary hearing to the grand jury.

The brothers will be arraigned at 1 p.m. Wednesday on additional charges. It remains unclear what those charges are. The Cassidys’ attorney said he did not want to comment on the new charges, as he just found out about them late Tuesday night.

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Police say they found hundreds of images of naked boys when they searched the Cassidys’ home.

Several people have come forward claiming they were victims of the brothers when they were serving as Boy Scout leaders.

One man, who came forward under the condition of anonymity, said Jack and Jerry Cassidy molested him during a sleep-over at their home in 1977 when he was 12-years-old.

“They made you take your clothes off, tied me to a chair and played with me,” he said.

Another man said he spent time in the same house when he was a young Boy Scout.