Man Convicted on 48 Sex Abuse Counts; Sentencing Thursday

Sentencing is set for Thursday for a Mason County man found guilty on multiple charges of sexual abuse.

A jury found 49-year-old Dennis Knopp of Leon guilty Friday evening after a three-day trial.

Knopp was charged with 64 counts of sexual abuse against three minor females. He was convicted on 48 of those counts. The victims are are Knopp's two biological daughters and his stepdaughter...

Teenager shot stepfather to put end to sexual abuse, court told

A Victorian teenager has been ordered to stand trial for the murder of her stepfather who allegedly took nearly 10,000 pornographic pictures of her in four years.

The Shepparton Magistrates Court was told that on March 13 last year, the stepdaughter shot the 34-year-old in the back of the head to put an end to daily sexual abuse that began when she was 14. The teenager, now 19, has pleaded not guilty to murder.

Defence barrister Peter Chadwick told the court on the night of his death, the woman's stepfather ordered her to go to a shed behind their home where he demanded she perform oral sex on him...

DeSoto County Man Accused of Killing Stepdaughter

A DeSoto County man is in jail accused of killing his stepdaughter. It's the county's first homicide of the year. Police say Kimberly Field was trying to stop a fight between her mother and stepfather when she was shot and killed.

Desoto County Sheriff Bill Racso says Wednesday night deputies got a call about a deadly domestic issue.

"We found a 34-year-old female had been shot with a 16 gauge shot gun," he said...More Here..