More details on Clinton Co. slaying

A few more details have come out in the slaying of Heather Robbins, 22, of Plattsburg.

- The father of her son, Joseph Hill, has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. He's being held on $1 million bond.

- Police are looking for whoever picked up Hill from the Liberty Hospital parking garage where Robbins' body was found.

- Hill's family offered their condolences. Before he contacted the Cass County sheriff's department, he gathered his family together and told them he needed to turn himself in.

Katie's Revenge

From Indiana: An inmate doing life after he molested and killed a 10-year-old named Katie has a new reminder of his crime. Another inmate forcibly tattooed "Katie's Revenge" on the killer's forehead. Anthony R. Stockelman has been removed from the general population for his own safety, The AP reports.

Hat Tip: Thanks, Doc

Thieves target Wichita's homeless

Someone's been stealing sleeping bags, coats and other items that homeless people in Wichita stow under bridges there, The Eagle reports. About 20 to 25 people have lost pretty much everything they own.

Jury: Martha did it

Both Martha Freeman and her lovah, an illegal immigrant who was living in her closet, were found guilty Thursday in the death of Freeman's husband. The jury took two hours to reach their decision. Both Freeman and Rafael Rocha-Perez got mandatory life sentences.

Daddy loves his little girl

Talk about your doomed relationships: A millionaire discovers he has a long-lost daughter, he takes her in and helps pay for her schooling, the New York Post reports. Things drift into V.C. Andrews territory when they fall in love and get "married" in Westminster Abbey. (It isn't clear the guy who married them had the legal authority to do so. But they treated other like husband and wife, the Post reports.) Like all disturbing, creepy things, it eventually ended in a lawsuit. A few of them, actually.

The millionaire disputes parentage, though one test says he's got a 99.7 percent probability of being her dad.

Update on foster mom accused of assault

KMBC says the investigation of a former Blue Springs foster mom accused of assaulting one of her charges might be expanded. From their report: "Investigators said those charges are leading to questions about the death of a 4-month-old who was in her care several years ago in Liberty. The child's death was ruled natural in 2004, but police said they are reviewing the reports in the case."

"She has never done anything to anybody to deserve this"

We know a little more about Emily Keyes, the 16-year-old killed Wednesday during a hostage situation at her Colorado high school. She has a twin brother, waitressed at a cafe a few days per week, played volleyball and liked video games. The morning before she died, her world history teacher read one of her papers to some younger students, using her work as an example to aspire to.

Her last text message to her family: "I Love U Guys." The family's statement, via CNN: "In memory of Emily, we would like everyone to go out and do random acts of kindness, random acts of love to your friends or your neighbors or your fellow students because there is no way to make sense of this. It's what Emily would have wanted."

Chicago considers air-gun ban

Chicago might outlaw air-guns, which often look a great deal like real handguns. The catalyst was a shooting this summer. A teen was carrying one when he got in an encounter with police, who shot him three times after he refused to drop the air-gun. Officers say it's difficult to tell the fakes from the real guns during life-or-death situations.

Fines would run $500 to $1,000, with up to six months in jail. If the guilty party is a juvenile, mom or dad could be punished.

Open Thread ... Friday!

Welcome to Crime Scene KC's Open Thread, the place to post off-topic comments, chat with friends and, frankly, avoid your day job. We've had a busy, turbulent week and learned some important life lessons along the way ...

- If your girlfriend invites you to participate in a bizarre hotel-room ritual, make sure you're the one holding the knife.

- Never trust a dude named "Cheesy Rat".

- It doesn't matter how bad your 3-year-old sister wants to drink beer. Don't let that baby swig any more hooch! At some point, the po-po are bound to get involved.

- Boy, we miss Greg.

This is the last day of Greg's vacation-induced absence, so James Hart -- who relishes the chance to write in third person -- is signing off. Thanks again for your patience and assistance. In the words of the late Winston Churchill, "keep on trucking."

More details in Clinton Co. killing

We've got a few more details about the slaying victim whose body was found in a Liberty Hospital parking garage:

- The victim is Heather J. Robbins, 22, a single mother who'd recently been laid off. She lived near Plattsburg.

- The authorities have charged her boyfriend and son's father with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Firefighter's truck stolen while he's out helping people

Someone stole a KCK firefighter's pickup while he was out helping with a medical emergency call, The Star reports. Apparently, the thief got into the firehouse and took the man's keys while the firefighters were out helping people.

Roundup on Colo. school shooting

The Denver Post and The Rocky Mountain News both have in-depth coverage of the hostage situation in Bailey, Colo., that left Emily Keyes, 16, dead.

- The News was reporting that some of the hostages were sexually assaulted.

- On Wednesday night, the gunman's identity wasn't known.

- The sheriff, whose son was in the school when the situation started, said he's second-guessing his decision to have officers rush the classroom where the gunman was.

- Communication worked much better between law enforcement agencies than it did during the Columbine shooting.

Thong-clad burglar leaves behind home movie

Kentucky police have accused a man of what might be the worst break-in attempt ever. To wit: They say the guy -- who was wearing only a thong and carrying a knife -- videotaped himself trying to break into a woman's apartment. She chased him off, but he dropped the tape, which also had footage of his family. That's how police tracked down the accused man.

He's been charged with burglary, but it's not clear if he intended to steal from the apartment or to attack the woman.

Drugs killed Anna Nicole's son

A pathologist conducting a private autopsy says it was methadone and two antidepressants that killed Daniel Smith.

Update on boozehound baby

Re: The 3-year-old Minnesota girl who had a 0.12 BAC -- Her 14-year-old brother "helped," police say. He was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment.

Rookie cop charged with officer's death in DWI case

One of the big stories in New York this week has been the drunk-driving crash that killed one rookie NYPD officer and left another facing vehicular manslaughter charges. Danielle Baymack has pleaded not guilty, but is "very, very sorry" about the death of her friend, her mother said.

From the Daily News' story: "Danielle is not a demon like [the press] is making her out to be. She actually was a voice of reason among the rookies and would act as a designated driver if others drank too much," one officer said.

"I'm not minimizing at all what happened here. This is truly a tragedy for the Rivera family and the Police Department. But Danielle is not [an] uncaring, irresponsible, drunken party animal," said another officer.

Hat Tip: Thanks, Blondie

Former Alcatraz inmate, 95, dies

When he was a young man, Willie Radkay, a KCK native, was a prolific bank robber who eventually landed in Alcatraz. He died Sunday at a Fort Scott hospital at age 95. He was a friend of Pretty Boy Floyd and Machine Gun Kelly, and his early life sounds like something out of a Warner Bros. gangster flick from the '30s. (His prison number was 666.)

What's interesting is that, after he got out of the slammer, he went straight and had a relatively normal life as a school janitor with a wife in LaCygne.

His niece helped him write his story, titled "A Devil Incarnate: From Altar Boy to Alcatraz."

A snip from the AP article: While researching his crimes, she came across a newspaper account of a 1935 jewelry store robbery in which her uncle was shot 12 times. She inquired about it, but her uncle said he couldn't recall the shooting.

"I asked how can you get shot 12 times and not remember. He said: 'Tough skin, soft bullets and they didn't hit anything important.'"

When he died, he still had six slugs in him, remnants of shootings from decades ago, his niece said.

Social worker accused of child abuse

A former Kansas social worker, who specialized in children's cases, has been charged with attacking her 2-month-old foster son, Channel 9 reports. She was arrested Wednesday in Arizona while training for her new job: case manager for child protective services.

KSHB talked with foster parents who know the accused, and they don't believe the accusations.

Anti-Elian runs away to Cuba

Wow, people do really crazy things when they're teenagers.

Por ejemplo, a 14-year-old from Miami who'd been having problems at school has run away to Cuba so he could live with his mom. Dad's trying to get him back, but the U.S. government says its hands are tied.

By the way, the school trouble? Dad says son was running for class president and got busted for faking ballots for himself, using his friends' names. As a punishment, Dad revoked his iPod and computer use.

(Hat tip: Doc!)

Open Thread ... Thursday

Welcome to Crime Scene KC's Open Thread, a good place to post off-topic comments, share cool links, etc. If the blog were a house, the Open Thread would be a nice big porch where everyone sits back and socializes. Occasionally, a fistfight breaks out and the police are called.

(Greg Reeves, the CSKC's usual host, wasn't responsible for the sass-filled paragraph above. He's on vacation until Monday. James Hart -- the Coy and Vance to Greg's Bo and Luke -- is filling in until then.)

Woman charged for made-up stories about child abuse, torture

From an AP story with a Pitttsburgh dateline: A woman who authorities say ran a Web site that published graphic fictional tales about the torture and sexual abuse of children has been indicted on federal obscenity charges.

Fletcher was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on six counts involving six stories about the kidnapping, torture, sexual molestation and murder of children 9 and under. The charges carry five years in prison each.

Fletcher, in a telephone interview with The Associated Press, said Wednesday that federal authorities “didn’t like my site.” She had no other comment on the charges.

KCK police fired upon

From KCTV: Police in KCK were looking for a man who fired shots at them Tuesday night near North Mill and Central. They set up a perimeter, but the man got away.

Dead body found in hospital's parking garage

A woman's body is found inside a vehicle's trunk at Liberty Hospital. Authorities think the killing happened in Clinton County. More details here.

Update on KCMO shooting

From KCPD Capt. Rich Lockhart, Re: Fatal Shooting Tuesday at 72nd and The Paseo: The man who was killed in this homicide has been identified as Devin McDonald, black/male, 08/31/1977, of Kansas City, MO. A 33 year old male is in custody for the murder and is expected to be charged later tonight. The second person arrested initially is not expected to be charged.

How much for the healthy ones?

From the Miami Herald: "Injured penis worth $1.5 million to jury."

Not saying a word. Not saying a word.