What happens to a family when a mother is suddenly gone for decades? And how do you hold that family together from the inside of a prison? For one Missouri family, that question became reality when Patty Prewitt was convicted in the 1980s of killing her husband and...
Two high-profile inmates will be spending the holidays outside of prison walls. Gov. Mike Parson has commuted the prison sentences today for ex-KCPD detective Eric DeValkenaere and Patty Prewitt. DeValkenaere has been in jail since October 2023. He was convicted of...
Missouri’s governor granted pardons on Monday to 24 people he says have demonstrated a changed lifestyle and desire to move on from past behaviors. They are the first pardons granted by Governor Mike Parson (R), who took office in June 2018. The governor’s...
