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The Vernon County Sheriff's Department has charged Bradley Keith with 2nd-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a firearm stemming from the case in Cedar County where Keith and two others allegedly burned the body of Shaniya S. Haynes, 27, formerly of Joplin. Keith is in Cedar County jail, facing charges of tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse. A Cedar County arrest report lists Keith as from El Dorado, but some reports have said he was homeless. Jimi C. Cole, 44, of Stockton, and Brandon Choate, 44, face the Cedar County charges of tampering ...

Cold case: DNA used to identify parents of newborn girl found dead in a garbage bag in 1996

The Cedar County sheriff said genetic genealogy was used to identify parents of a dead baby left in a barn in 1996. Investigators want to determine if the baby was alive when it was abandoned. The father has cooperated with police, but the mother has not.

CEDAR COUNTY, Mo. — Earlier this month human remains were discovered in a burn pile and three men were arrested and charged Abandonment of a Corpse.

Nearly three decades ago, the remains of a newborn female infant were found near Lisbon.