FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Investigators say a Missouri woman accused of barricading four children in tiny rooms with no access to water or toilets had child-sized inmate uniforms made for them.
Thirty-eight-year-olds Daryl Justen Head and Laura Elizabeth Cheatham face child endangerment and kidnapping charges. Police and state workers found four children inside windowless rooms blocked by plywood at the couple's home in Farmington. The kids, who had been adopted by Cheatham and her estranged husband, are in state custody.
The St. Francois County Sheriff's Department said Cheatham worked for the Missouri Department of Corrections until recently resigning. Authorities say she ordered four small inmate uniforms in January from a prison clothing division.
ELLSWORTH, Wis. -- A roofer accused of killing a co-worker with a circular saw in western Wisconsin said he was being teased and thought he was being drugged, according to a criminal complaint.
Miguel Navarro, 24, of St. Louis was charged Thursday in Pierce County court with first-degree intentional homicide and mayhem, both felonies, in the death of Israel Valles-Flores, 37, also of St. Louis.
According to the complaint, Navarro was seen attacking Valles-Flores with a circular saw while on a home's roof near River Falls. Cash bond was set at $500,000.
-- From wire reports
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