RICHWOODS, Mo. (AP) — A father has died 12 years after his long missing stepson was found in the suburban St. Louis apartment of his captor with another recently abducted boy.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say a convicted killer assaulted a 77-year-old cab driver in St. Louis within hours of being released from prison.

A 10-year-old boy is the latest victim to the city's violence. Eddie Hill is the eighth child to be fatally shot since the beginning of June in News 4's viewing area. 

A male victim was found shot multiple times in north St. Louis City Saturday afternoon, police said. 

NORTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- Police are investigating after a man was shot in the head in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood Sunday afternoon. 

Police found a victim dead due to apparent gunshot wounds in north St. Louis on Saturday. 

An 18-year-old Lee’s Summit man has been charged with sexual abuse connected to his employment at a Lee’s Summit daycare facility. The defendant’s mother, the owner of the daycare facility, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

A water main break erupted in Alton, Illinois on Saturday and caused another main break only feet away on Sunday.

Nineteen people have died from consuming alcohol tainted with toxic levels of methanol in Costa Rica, where the Ministry of Health issued a national alert.

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NORTH ST. LOUIS(KMOV.com) -- Homicide detectives were called to a north St. Louis neighborhood following a deadly shooting Sunday morning. 

A Kansas City man has been charged in connection with the murder of Brooklyn Lindsey, a 32-year-old transgender woman.

Chaos erupted at the funeral of a 15-year-old shot and killed in the Metro East Saturday afternoon.

The stepson of a slain Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader has been sentenced to a total 59 years in prison for his role in the death.

TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A man who killed a Missouri couple after being evicted from an RV park has been sentenced to life in prison.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Missouri man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a Kansas sheriff's deputy.

Three members of a white supremacist group were sentenced to prison Friday for kicking, choking and punching multiple people during the 2017 "United the Right" rally in Charlottesville and other rallies in California.

Police in Eureka are increasing patrols after thieves targeted cars on five streets Thursday night.

Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a BOS Bank in Staunton, Illinois Thursday.

ARNOLD, Mo. (KMOV.com) – A woman is facing charges for allegedly leaving a toddler and infant in her car while she was inside an Arnold Dollar General.

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-area hospital says it regrets sending bills to the family of a baby boy who died about seven weeks after attackers cut him from his mother's womb.

Nearly 3,100 federal inmates will walk out of prison on Friday as a provision of the sweeping criminal justice reform act passed by Congress takes effect.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- A woman is hospitalized after being shot in the head Friday in the Hi-Pointe neighborhood.

A corrections officer for a Denver facility who was arrested earlier this month on suspicion he was trying to pimp women and could have been using his position at the facility to target them, was charged Thursday with several counts in connection to those crimes.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- Joseph Best was driving to get dinner Wednesday and decided to take a side street.

Homicide detectives were called to the scene of a shooting Thursday in the Lewis Place neighborhood.

Dash cam video from St. Ann police shows the finals moments of a chase involving two inmates who police say escaped from the Lincoln County Jail.

An Alton man is accused of stabbing his brother Wednesday morning.

Police are searching for the man they say is responsible for Tuesday's homicide at Sam's Meat Market.

Police are searching for a man who they say is behind multiple burglaries at a South County apartment complex.

A chase that began in St. Louis City ended in Hazelwood Thursday afternoon, police said.

The Illinois State Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding three persons of interest in connection to a murder in the Metro East.

A man accused of firing shots at a car on the interstate was arrested Monday.

A St. Louis woman is recovering Wednesday after she says two men tackled her, threatened her life, and stole her car outside her home in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood. 

Members of a neighborhood watch group are being praised for helping find a woman suspected of stealing a recreational vehicle.

A Florida man is accused of a brutal attack on a man he caught having sex with his wife.

Authorities are asking for help finding a man wanted by several municipalities.

Two women were robbed of their purses at gunpoint at a north St. Louis gas station Thursday morning.

Exchanging custody of a child lead to a shooting at a South City Jack in the Box Wednesday night.

Two homicide investigations are underway after separate overnight shootings in St. Louis.

She confessed when talking to investigators and said she had been planning to kill the girls and her husband for several weeks. 

Authorities say an apparently drunken man fell asleep for nearly three hours inside a Missouri bank after breaking a window to get inside.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (KMOV.com) -- A 57-year-old Belleville man is facing a dozen charges after investigators reportedly discovered child pornography and methamphetamine in his home.

A woman fatally stabbed a man who was choking her in Troy, Missouri late Tuesday night, according to police.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- A woman was injured in a shooting Wednesday afternoon in St. Louis' Greater Ville neighborhood.

UNION, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- A 22-year-old woman was arrested after reportedly pulling out a gun in a McDonald’s drive thru.

A 17-year-old girl with a small social media following in upstate New York was killed by a man she'd met recently on Instagram. 

 A former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer has been accused of pepper spraying demonstrators outside of Busch Stadium during the Stockley protests in 2017. 

A man was shot dead in north St. Louis County overnight.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord once notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or tunnel his way out of trouble.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man they say was arguing with his girlfriend when a spear she was holding snapped and went through her chest, killing her.

The 101^st homicide investigation in the City of St. Louis for 2019 started overnight.

David Levy says the red flags began showing with his contractor after he made an unusual request.

2 suspects believed to be inmates from the Lincoln County Jail carjacked someone before leading officers on a multi-county chase and crashing in North County Monday night, police said.

Staff at a youth football camp in St. James, Mo. are cleaning up their facility after vandals broke in and damaged their gear Monday night.

Police are continuing to search for leads after a man was shot and killed while socializing at Amberg Park in South City’s Dutchtown neighborhood in April.

A 30-year-old Missouri man is charged after police say he intentionally drove his car toward two boys of Indian descent and shouted an ethnic slur at them.

A suburban St. Louis man is charged with felony animal abuse for allegedly beating a puppy into a coma with a hockey stick.

A Florida mother could face up to 30 years in prison after she recorded a video of her daughter licking a tongue depressor at a doctor’s office, according to authorities.

 A man was found shot to death inside a crashed car in South City’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood early Monday morning.

TOWN AND COUNTRY (KMOV.com) -- Authorities in Town and Country are searching for two women accused of racking up almost $2,000 on stolen credit cards in early July. 

A little girl drowned after a vehicle was completely submerged in Warren County Saturday afternoon. 

A 21-year-old man was kidnapped and robbed while purchasing CDs over the weekend.

NORTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com)-- Police are still searching for a suspect in connection to a carjacking Sunday where a stolen gun from the Riverview Police was found. 

Suburban Chicago sheriff's police say a woman fatally shot her two sons and set her house on fire before turning the gun on herself.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has removed a priest from pastoral duties in the wake of allegations of sexual abuse that took place two decades ago.

A suspect is in custody after police said he tried to steal a fire department SUV before leading officer on a chase Sunday morning.

A fugitive wanted in St. Louis for armed robbery was arrested on Friday in Liberty.

A suspect is in custody after allegedly shooting at a victim in a car in Wentzville early Sunday morning.

A man armed with a rifle threw incendiary devices at an immigration jail in Washington state early Saturday morning, then was found dead after four police officers arrived and opened fire, authorities said.

A male was shot in the head in North St. Louis City Saturday afternoon, police said. 

An Alabama man who admitted to raping, sodomizeing and sexually abusing at least five children received a 615 year sentence, WTVY reports.

A suspect wanted for murder in Washington state is facing charges for allegedly getting into a five-hour standoff with authorities in Tower Grove on Friday. 

A man in an Alaska village has been charged with federal crimes for allegedly killing a polar bear and leaving it to rot for five months.

Crews have recovered two people's bodies from Maline Creek.

EUREKA, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- Police are looking for two suspects in Eureka who've been vandalizing vehicles in area neighborhoods, some of which are police cars.

A North Kansas City woman’s car was stolen while she was picking up her daughter from a QuickTrip near her house. She now has her car back and has quite the story to tell.

One man was found with critical injuries inside a car in North St. Louis on Friday, police said. 

Police are looking for a man who robbed another man on the 2200 block of Columbus Circle in Warrenton on June 30.

CASEYVILLE, Ill. (KMOV.com) – Authorities in St. Clair County are asking for help identifying the suspects who reportedly burglarized a business in May.

A man was found dead in a Greater Ville neighborhood alley Thursday evening.

A suspect was shot after exchanging gunfire with officers in north St. Louis Thursday, police said.

A Mascautah man is facing federal child porn charges. 

Photos captured from a Benton Park West home surveillance camera show what appears to be a shootout between two different cars.

A teen has died after being shot in south St. Louis County Wednesday night.

A suspect is behind bars thanks to two Metro East men who stepped in to help. 

A man was found shot in the head in St. Louis’ Fountain Park neighborhood early Thursday morning.

A boarded up home in St. Louis County where five men were found dead in north St. Louis County was not condemned, records show.

Wednesday, charges were announced against 32-year-old Kerri Weir. Weir is charged with attempted abduction of the victim in the incident. 

DIXON, Ill. (KMOV.com)-- An Illinois mother was arrested after allegedly driving around with her daughters inside a pool on top of her car. 

A mother and son are facing charges after a deadly double shooting near a North City high school in June.  

Two women were found murdered within 24 hours in Washington Park, police said.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker accused in the disappearance and death of a Utah college student has been charged with murder, kidnapping and other charges.

Two men are facing charges after a triple shooting left a 15-year-old dead in Madison, Illinois Monday night.

The encounters began after a woman Araoz called a "recruiter" talked to her outside her school in meetings that spanned over a year.