MISSING WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN DUNKLIN COUNTY
An investigation is ongoing after a missing woman was found dead in the Missouri bootheel.
According to the Dunklin County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday, deputies received a call from the Campbell Police Department for assistance in a missing person case. Two adults and two juveniles were reported missing after not returning home on the night of the 25th. The report was made by the mother of one of the missing adults.
The last communication received was that one of the missing adults, Megan Oxley, was driving a Dodge Grand Caravan with the other three missing persons in the Kennett area and that her phone was about dead and the vehicle was almost out of gas.
A ping was conducted on Oxley’s phone which revealed the subjects may be in the area of County Road 522. During the investigation, it was learned that the other adult listed as missing was let out at a local convenience store in Kennett and was no longer with the others. It was also learned that the children listed as missing were not the children of the victim.
Oxley’s vehicle was later found in a field row with Oxley deceased in the driver’s seat. The two juveniles were located in the vehicle and transported by deputies to Kennett where they met up with ambulance personnel. The children were then transported to area hospitals for treatment.
An autopsy for Oxley was scheduled for Monday morning and the results have not been released.
ONE IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING NON FATAL SHOOTING IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
A man has been taken into custody for allegedly shooting his girlfriend on Sunday.
Sergeant Tyler Rowe with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety tells KWOC News that at around 3 pm on Sunday, officers responded to a report of a woman with a gunshot wound to her side.
The woman was treated at the scene and then transported by ambulance to an area hospital for further medical treatment.
Through the course of the investigation, officers were able to determine the victim had been shot by her boyfriend. The suspect was later located in Cape Girardeau County and taken into custody.
Rowe says that the suspect has been identified as Dale-Wadrick Winters Jr., of Sikeston.
He is being held on a no bond warrant for New Madrid County charges of domestic assault 1st, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon.
The victim is listed in stable condition and her name is not being released at this time.
REPAIRS UNDERWAY FOR HIGHWAY 67, SOUTH OF POPLAR BLUFF
Southbound Route 67 in Butler County is being reduced to one lane with an 11-foot width restriction for over two months as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs.
The section of roadway involved in the project is located from Route 160 to the Arkansas state line.
Weather permitting, work will take place daily through Wednesday, November 1st. Officials say there will be intermittent lane closures at various locations throughout this work zone.
ONE KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND
A weekend motorcycle crash in Southeast Missouri claimed the life of a Mississippi man.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 55 year old Darrell Jones, of Walls, Mississippi, was driving a motorcycle on Interstate 55 Sunday in Pemiscot County, when he crashed into a vehicle that was stopped in the left lane.
Jones was pronounced dead at the scene by Pemiscot County Coroner Brian Irions.
Officials say that no one in the second vehicle was injured in the collision.
FENTANYL INVESTIGATION LEADS TO TWO ARRESTS IN NEW MADRID COUNTY
A joint investigation by the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department, the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, and officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration has resulted in multiple arrests.
According to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, on Friday, officers were able to gather and investigate information regarding subjects transporting fentanyl through Southeast Missouri.
New Madrid County Deputies were able to locate the vehicle and found fentanyl, along with a firearm, during a traffic stop.
Two subjects have been taken into custody on no bond arrest warrants for trafficking drugs 1st degree charges, Steven Townsend and Diamond Craft, both of Sikeston.
Townsend is also facing charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon.
PAVEMENT REPAIRS TO CAUSE DELAYS ON ROUTE Z IN STODDARD COUNTY
Route Z in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane over the next week and a half as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs.
The work zone is located from Route W to County Road 789 near LaValle.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily through Thursday, September 7th.
