A western Kentucky woman has been indicted in the murder of her ex-husband.

61-year-old Brenda Hardin is accused of killing 64-year-old Ronnie Hardin, whose body was found in an outbuilding in a Muhlenberg home last month.

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Investigators say Brenda moved her ex’s truck while trying to cover up the crime.

A Powell County woman has been arrested 12 years after investigators say she robbed a bank in Clark County.

Samantha Rice is charged in connection with the December 2002 robbery of Community Trust Bank in Winchester.

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Winchester police say a tip from the Powell County Sheriff’s Office helped lead to the arrest.

Officers say there is also a second suspect. That person is believed to be out of state.

A former Scott County deputy plead guilty to one charge of theft of a controlled substance.

William Jeremy Day was originally charged with six counts of theft of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful taking.

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All the other counts were dismissed. He’s set to be sentenced October 6.

Officials say human remains have been found in the woods in Rowan County.

Police say a man hunting for mushrooms off Rifle Range Road found a human skull Monday morning. Officials say clothing was also found.

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Detectives, cadaver dogs and the coroner are on scene to search for more evidence.

So far, police have not been able to say if the death is natural cause or foul play.

Police issued an aggravated murder warrant for the mother of a toddler found dead in an Oregon beach resort.

Police say Jessica Smith, 40, of Goldendale, Washington is considered armed and dangerous.

A housekeeper made the grisly discovery Friday morning at the Surfsand Resort in Cannon Beach. A 13-year-old was also found severely injured in the room.

The medical examiner said the 2-year-old’s was homicide, but the official cause is undetermined pending a toxicology report.

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The 13-year-old that survived suffered “critical cuts,” KPTV reported. She was airlifted to a hospital in Portland.

The girl was listed in stable condition on Saturday and was able to speak with detectives.

Father not a suspect

Investigators said the children’s father has been ruled out as a suspect. He is cooperating with the investigation.

A lawyer for the children’s father says the girls were supposed to be turned over to their father the very same day.

According to The Oregonian, Greg Smith filed for divorce from Jessica Smith in June and wanted shared custody of their children. A judge ordered that Smith be given parenting rights on Fridays starting July 31st.

Checking surveillance video

Now the FBI is getting involved in the investigation — providing assistance and resources.

Cannon Beach business owners told KPTV they had been approached by FBI agents over the weekend about surveillance video from their shops.

It’s unclear what specifically they were looking for in the video.

Officers first put out an alert Friday that they were searching for the children’s mother Jessica Smith, 40, of Goldendale, Washington and her Chevy Suburban.

The mother’s SUV is a gold 2007 Chevy Suburban with Washington license plates APX3141. If you have any information, call police.

A makeshift memorial of balloons, flowers and stuffed animals has formed on the sidewalk in front of the hotel.

Fort Madison man has received a 25-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual abuse and one count of lascivious acts with a child.

The Burlington Hawkeye reports (http://bit.ly/1s1TecR ) that 70-year-old Roger Mendez was sentenced on Friday. He also pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors.

Mendez was ordered to register as a sex offender, enter a sex offender program. If he’s ever released, he must remain on supervised parole the rest of his life.

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Police say that after Mendez was arrested in January, several other people came forward with accusations. Authorities say the guilty pleas are related to six boys, who ranged in age from 11 to 14 at the time of the crimes.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office have issued a missing person’s report for Tyler Stephenson.

According to Stephenson’s dad he was arrested yesterday by Palmetto Police after trying to steal a gun from Wal-Mart.

That evening, after returning home from Juvenile Booking, Tyler wanted to leave the house but his dad said he could not because of his recent arrest. Tyler stated “I will kill myself before going to court” and then walked out of the house.

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Tyler was last seen at 2000 30th Avenue West walking westbound.

Tyler is 6’5/170 Brown hair and last seen wearing blue shorts and a white shirt w/ black print.

If you have information, call MSO at 941-747-3011.

A body was discovered after a police officer was investigating a car fire in a Louisville parking lot early Friday morning.

The Washington County Sheriff’s department notified state police after the body was found in the parking lot of the Springfield Reservoir on Booker Road.

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Preliminary autopsy results show the body is a man.

Investigators are still working on identifying the victim and what caused the fire. Kentucky State Police ask that anyone with information about the investigation to call 1-800-222-5555 or text 67283 with the phrase ‘KSPTIP’ in the message field.

Jason Wade Crawford, 36, has been ordered to federal prison for his convictions of bank fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. He pleaded guilty May 6, 2014.

Friday, U.S. District David Hittner, who accepted the plea, handed Crawford a sentence of 15 months for the bank fraud and access device fraud charges to be served concurrently. For the aggravated identity theft, he was further ordered to serve a mandatory two years which must be served consecutively for a total sentence of 39 months in federal prison. Crawford will also be required to serve a term of three years of supervised release following completion of the prison term. He was further ordered to pay a $23,682.36 in restitution to the victims.

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Beginning in at least May 2012, Crawford broke into several mail boxes throughout the Houston area to steal mail, much of which included checks, credit cards, gift cards and other mail with personal identifiers. He then created false identifications and used them to deposit or cash the checks.

Bank surveillance photos showed Crawford negotiating stolen checks at Woodforest National Bank and Amegy Bank. Local area law enforcement officers were also able to seize bags full of stolen mail from Crawford’s car.

At the time of his guilty plea, he admitted he participated in the mail theft ring and had used the personal identification information of another person to cash stolen checks.

Crawford will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie Searle is prosecuting.

The search for a missing 38-year-old Oregon mother has expanded to the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington state and some 300 miles from where she was last seen.

Jennifer Huston, of Dundee, Ore., was captured on security footage July 24 at a gas station in nearby Newberg after leaving her home to run errands. Huston, a stay-at-home mom with two small children, has not been seen or heard from since.

Authorities have now broadened their search to include the San Juan Islands, where Huston, originally from Washington state, enjoyed visiting with her family. The area is approximately 300 miles north of the Portland suburb where Huston lives.

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Detectives with the Newberg-Dundee Police Department told FoxNews.com that Huston’s vehicle, a 1999 dark green Lexus LX 470 SUV, would be able to travel 300 to 350 miles on a full tank of gas.

Capt. Tim Svenson of the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Department asked a friend and colleague in San Juan County, Wash., to issue a bulletin.

“We’re trying to cover all of our bases,” Svenson told Fox News. “Jennifer graduated from Gig Harbor High School and used to vacation on the San Juan Islands.”

The Washington State Ferry system is cooperating as well. They’re looking at security video to see if her vehicle took a ferry to the Islands.

Huston was last seen on surveillance video leaving a Circle K gas station in Newberg at approximately 6:22 p.m. Minutes later, her cellphone shut off. Police said it was not due to a dead battery.

Huston spent about $40 on gas — leaving her with a full tank, according to authorities. She had left her home just before 6 p.m. to run errands, her husband, Kallen Huston, told police. He said she was complaining of a headache.

Detectives learned that Huston withdrew a small sum of cash from the Oregon First Community Credit Union in Newberg and then purchased gas with her debit card. From there, she visited a Rite Aid pharmacy where she bought Gatorade, trail mix, and non-lethal sleeping pills. There has been no activity since on Huston’s bank cards.

Cpt. Jeff Kosmicki of the Newberg-Dundee Police Department said the last cellphone tower the phone pinged from was north of the gas station but “more technical” data is needed, like “latitude and longitude” information that might show which direction she was headed in.

Detectives, however, have hit a roadblock in obtaining such information because they cannot prove a crime has been committed. Kosmicki said authorities would also like access to Huston’s medical records but are forbidden from obtaining them due to the federal HIPAA law.

“It’s impossible,” Kosmicki said.

He also noted that detectives viewed security footage of Huston withdrawing money from an ATM, but said they cannot physically obtain the video because of lack of proof a crime has been committed. The video is valuable, Kosmicki said, because it provides the clearest images of Huston on the day she disappeared and could help solve the case if released to the public.

“We aren’t able to have that video in our hands from the bank,” he said.

Multiple searches have been conducted by air and land for any sign of Huston and her vehicle. A family friend donated a helicopter to fly over the 750 square mile county. Fixed wing planes, including crop dusters, have also been involved in aerial searches of Yamhill County. So far the efforts have been futile.

Huston’s husband, who passed a polygraph test, said his wife had complained of a headache for “several days” prior to her disappearance. He said the headache was not serious enough to warrant a doctor’s visit, but he did tell investigators his wife seemed a little stressed out when she left the house. He assumed she just needed a quick break, normal for any stay at home mom.

Kallen Huston said earlier this week that his wife might have driven off the road and urged motorists to look for any signs of his wife and her vehicle.

“I have a feeling maybe she’s in a ditch somewhere,” he said during a press conference. “We’ve exercised every option that we can think of right now.”

Meantime, Huston’s babysitters told KGW-TV in Portland that they were booked to watch Jennifer’s boys so she and her husband, Kallen, could celebrate their 10-year wedding anniversary. Morgan and Amanda describe Huston as a very involved and dedicated mom.

“We just don’t get it,” Amanda told KGW, “She would never leave her kids.”

A Facebook page set up in the search for Huston says she was last seen wearing black and pink Nike shoes and black yoga pants. Her vehicle, a 1999 Lexus LX 470, has an Oregon license plate of WXH 011.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Newberg-Dundee Police Department at 503-538-8321