(Omaha, NE) –  Two people died early Saturday morning when a 2021 Kia Sportage that was traveling the wrong way on westbound Interstate 80 in Omaha, collided nearly head-on, with a westbound 2017 Ford Fusion, near 24th Street. The crash happened at around 1:40-a.m.  OPD said two of the occupants of the Ford Fusion were later pronounced dead.

The driver of the Kia was identified as 25-year-old Maison M. King, of Oakland, NE, who was being treated for a fractured back. Once released, OPD said King will be booked for 2 counts of motor vehicle homicide-DUI and other possible charges.

The driver of the Ford was identified as 30-year-old Kyle Arnold, of Omaha, who was a driver for Uber. He was taken to the hospital where pronounced deceased shortly after arriving at the facility. The backseat passengers of the Ford were identified as 26-year-old Ross L. Lewis, of Wilbur, NE, and 24-year-old Jessica J. Mutchler, of Shenandoah. She suffered what were described as life-threatening injuries. Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene. Neither of the passengers were wearing their seatbelts.

A front seat passenger in the Ford, 29-year-old Cole Lambrecht of Kearney, NE, was treated for minor injuries. The Nebraska Department of Transportation assisted police at the scene. The interstate was reopened about four-hours after the crash.

(Muscatine, Iowa) – A single-vehicle UTV rollover accident in southeast Iowa, Saturday night, resulted in one fatality and three persons injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident happened at around 8:10-p.m. on Burlington Road, in Muscatine. Authorities say a 2022 Can Am side-by-side UTV was traveling northbound on Burlington Road, when it struck a deer.

The vehicle left the road and rolled multiple times before coming to rest in the east ditch. One of the occupants, 56-year-old, died at the scene. Three other occupants of the UTV, ages 30-, 31, and 33, were injured and transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC). No names had been released as of this report.

The crash remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office, Muscatine Ambulance, the Fruitland and Letts Fire Departments, Medforce and Aircare.

[UPDATED 4:12-A.M. 4/14/24]  – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has four people in custody in connection to the disappearance last month of 27-year-old Veronica Butler and 39-year-old Jilian Kelley. Kelley is the wife of a former youth minister for the Griswold (IA) Church of Christ.  Reports say pools of blood were found outside the abandoned car the women had occupied.

(Left to right): Veronica Butler; and Jilian Kelley,

On Saturday, April 13, 43-year-old Tad Bert Cullum, 54-year-old Tifany Machel Adams, 50-year-old Cole Earl Twombly, and 44-year-old Cora Twombly were arrested in Texas and Cimarron Counties. All four individuals were booked into the Texas County Jail on two counts of First-Degree Murder, two counts of Kidnapping, and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Murder in the First Degree.

Suspects arrested in the disappearance of Butler & Kelley. (OSBI photo)

Reports said Adams was the grandmother to Veronica Butler’s children, who Butler and Kelley were enroute to pick up, when they were last heard from two weeks ago. Adams and her boyfriend Tad Cullum were among those arrested and booked into jail.  Adams was said to have had custody of Butler’s kids before she went missing.

(Walcott, Iowa) – A crash Saturday afternoon in eastern Iowa’s Scott County resulted in the deaths of two people. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 12:26-p.m. on Interstate 80 westbound, south of Walcott. Authorities say a 1999 Lexus SUV was traveling westbound, when for reasons unknown, the vehicle went out of control and rolled multiple time into the north ditch at mile marker 281, and came to rest on its roof.

A male front seat passenger was ejected and died at the scene. The driver also died. One of the victims was wearing a seat belt, while the other was not. The Patrol had not released any names as of late this (Saturday) afternoon.

The Scott County Sheriff’s Office, Walcott Fire Department and Ambulance, and Durant Fire Dept. assisted at the scene.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Red Oak Police Department reports a man was arrested early this (Saturday) afternoon (April 13th) on an OWI charge. 51-year-old Chad Andrew Caskey was arrested at around 12:37-p.m. at the intersection of Broadway and Reed Streets, for OWI/1st offense. Caskey was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Red Oak Police, Friday afternoon, arrested 18-year-old Aiden William Wright, of Red Oak. Wright was taken into custody at 3-p.m. in the area of 4th and Elm Streets in Red Oak, for Interference with Official Acts. Wright was being held on $300 bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

(Red Oak, Iowa) — Police in Red Oak arrested a man following a traffic stop Friday evening. Authorities say 24-year-old Brandon Lane Good was arrested a little before 7:30 p.m., for driving while revoked. Good was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Friday evening, said investigators have interviewed the three Cedar Rapids Police Officers connected with the fatal April 6, 2024 shooting incident involving David Vanderhamm. All three officers are members of the Cedar Rapids Police Department and have been identified as: 

• Sergeant Alex Haas (ten year veteran)
• Officer Emily Habeck (eight year veteran)
• Officer Skylar Mullins (four year veteran).  

All three officers are cooperating with the investigation.

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(Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – While the Iowa D-C-I continues to investigate a shooting by Cedar Rapids police officers that left one man dead and another wounded, authorities with the DCI, Monday, said the deceased has been identified as 40-year-old David Vanderhamm, of Cedar Rapids.  A male bystander who was also shot during the incident has been identified and his name and information will not be released at this time.

Cedar Rapids police were called to a residence on the northeast side around 6:30-p.m.  Saturday, April 6th, on the report of a man who was armed and making homicidal and suicidal statements. Officers found the man (Vanderhamm) and a bystander who had called requesting assistance. Police say [Vanderhamm] had a weapon and he refused commands to drop it, and three officers fired when pointed the weapon at them. [Vanderhamm] died at the scene and the bystander was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.