Rich Hill, MO woman tries to have her husband killed!

07/21/2011

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BUTLER, Mo. (AP) — Bates County authorities say a western Missouri woman wanted her ex-husband dead and asked for gruesome proof of the crime.

Thirty-two-year-old Joann R. Stepp of Rich Hill is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder after trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband and bring her his tongue.

The Kansas City Star reported Thursday that Stepp pleaded not guilty and is being held on $300,000 bond.

Court documents indicate that Stepp offered to pay a man $4,000 to commit the crime. The man was an undercover Bates County detective.

Stepp also allegedly asked the man to bring her pictures of the dead body so she could show her son that she had arranged the murder.

Online court records do not indicate if Stepp has an attorney.

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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com


Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mo-woman-charged-with-trying-to-have-ex-killed-1527817.php#ixzz1SmQk1AO6
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Suspect arested in double homicide and arson!

03/11/2011

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A registered sex offender has been charged in a double homicide and arson in Bates County, the sheriff's department said.

Raymond S. Harvey Jr., 38, is facing two counts of first-degree murder and other charges after two bodies were found Wednesday inside a burning house in rural Bates County.

Raymond Harvey is listed on the Bates County Sheriff's Departments website as a registered sex offender, his profile there is one of the few with out a picture. His address was listed as, Rt. 1 Box 266 A Rich Hill, MO. The site lists his previous offense as Forcible Rape!

We found more information at the Missouri Sex Offender site. Raymond S. Harvey...
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Raymond Samuel Harvey Jr. DOB: 12/05/1972

Convicted of raping a 17 year old girl in Kansas City, Mo on January 1, 1992 at the age of 19 years old.

Listed as 6' tall, 208 pounds with green eyes and Red or Auburn hair.

According to the Missouri Sex Offender Database his address there was listed as Rr 3 Box 170 Butler, MO 64730.


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Butler, MO fire and Homicide?

03/10/2011

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BUTLER, Mo. -- Two women were found dead inside a house that was on fire in Butler, Mo., and the case is being investigated as a homicide.

Bates County Sheriff's deputies were called to the fire Wednesday, 10 miles west of Butler, where fire officials told them there were two women dead inside the house.

The Missouri state fire marshal and the Missouri State Highway Patrol crime scene unit were called into assist with the investigation.The two victims' names have not been released, and autopsies are being conducted by the Jackson County Medical Examiner.

The Bates County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to call 660-679-3232
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There goes the neighborhood!

01/03/2010

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Well; for the rest of our neighbors in Butler, MO and all of Bates County this was no way to ring in the New Year! Because I live in Kansas City I look forward to my weekends and holidays in the country, away from all the killing, violence and mayhem.

But this holiday season, violence erupted in our tranquil town of Butler, MO.

It seems these days, there is just no getting away from it, as our culture becomes more crass, violent and vulgar; we drift further and further from our Christian roots and our love for one another.

On New Years Day, a under a Blue Moon; 25 year-old Carl Thomas lay dead on a Butler, Missouri street and his sister, 29-year-old Latonya Cooper  was shot inside a house. She was later pronounced dead at Bates County Memorial Medical Center. Another 7 year-old was injured in the fracas also.

This is not the norm for our part of the country and the talk at the local diner Saturday was a mix of sorrow and anger. Sorrow for the family and anger for the fact that our pleasant community should have these trials and worries.

A town where barefoot children ride bicycles to Sam's Hi-Way Hamburger to get an ice cream in the Summer, a town where people still often leave the doors unlocked, a town where helping your neighbor is as common as going to church on Sunday!

Allegedly; Decarlos Newsom was the shooter who later took his own life while parked in his truck. A quick search of Casenet, shows that Mr. Newsom had run afoul of the law before but mostly traffic incidents; that is until August 13, 2008 when he was convicted of a misdemeanor firearm offense and sentenced to 180 days in jail. The sentence was suspended and he was assigned 2 years unsupervised probation and 40 hours community service.

No one knows what could lead someone to do something like this, we can only pray for the families, our community and for our country, that we do not continue this descent into corruption and depravity that seems to be so commonplace in America today.


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