Johnson County Sheriff investigates skeletal remains near Gardner Lake
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The Johnson County Sheriff s Office is investigating the discovery of skeletal remains Monday near Gardner Lake.
A passing motorist spotted the body Monday in a field near West 155th Terrace and Gardner East Road, according to the Johnson County Sheriff s Office.
Photos: (from left) Steven and Charles Stepp. Photos: Courtesy Newton County Sheriff’s Office
Two men suspected of being involved in an arson and homicide in Newton County were taken into custody Sunday night. Sixty-nine year old Charles Stepp and 34-year-old Steven Stepp, both of the Fallsville area, were apprehended without incident at a residence in Clarksville.
Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler says the Deer and Ozone fire departments were called to the scene of a house fire west of Fallsville Saturday afternoon at around 3:35. While fighting the fire, personnel located a male body inside the residence, believed to be the homeowner. Evidence at the scene and other information reportedly confirmed a homicide and arson had occurred.
Courtesy of JCSO
FRANKLIN, Ind. – The Edinburgh Police Department requested the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office to conduct a criminal investigation involving an Edinburgh Police Department Officer on Tuesday, December 29.
Edinburgh Police Chief Doyne Little had been told by one of his officers that the mother of a minor had contacted him about alleged sexual abuses of her child. The suspect in the sexual abuse was another Edinburgh police officer, Michael David Nunez, 33.
Detectives visited the victim’s mother that same Tuesday evening. A forensic interview with the victim was conducted and evidence collected. During the interview, it was learned that the supposed abuse started in 2014.
Here are some of the high-profile local public safety stories in chronological order from 2020:
April 12: Adam Joseph Decker, 34, told investigators that a 9 mm weapon he was holding went off accidentally while he and Kristi Breland were cooking dinner on Easter Sunday. Decker told 911 dispatchers he had accidentally shot his live-in girlfriend at 107 M Coffey Lane, located in southern Washington County just below the Nolichucky River near Erwin. Deputies arrived to find Breland, 30, dead in the kitchen and Decker in the dining room. The couple had friends over earlier in the day for some target shooting. After the friends left, the couple went back into their residence and got into an alcohol-fueled argument, authorities said. Decker told police he decided to go to bed and when he picked up his pistol, it went off.