Potential witness in alleged Missouri kidnapping, rape case found dead
Timothy M. Haslett Jr. has been indicted by grand jury on kidnapping, rape charges in Missouri. Months after a grand jury indicted a Missouri man accused of holding a Black woman captive in his basement on nine charges, a potential witness that police had been trying to find for months in the case has been found dead. Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson announced in a press release Monday that remains found June 24 were positively identified as Jaynie Crosdale, a potential witness in the case against Timothy Haslett Jr. According to ABC local affiliate KMBC, it’s unknown how Crosdale, 36, died and an autopsy is pending. The Missouri Highway Patrol says Crosdale's body was found in the Missouri River, according to KMBC. In this photo released by the Clay County Sheriff's Office, Jaynie Crosdale is shown. Clay County Sheriff's Office At a February press conference, Thompson said that authorities were still searching for a potential witness whose whereabouts ...