A former east-central Missouri sheriff's deputy facing statutory rape and corruption charges now is being sued in federal court by a woman who claims he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2012.
A 62-year-old man suspected of sexually assaulting and stabbing to death a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl 30 years ago is scheduled to appear in a DuPage County courtroom.
It was a parent's worst nightmare — a complete stranger following a family home and molesting a child at knifepoint in her bed. Authorities say such a crime, which played out in St. Louis County last weekend, is exceedingly rare.