Nicole Sparks had left her toddler son in the care of a babysitter so she could go to work when she heard the boy was sick, she told multiple local news outlets. Sparks and the caregiver, who has not ...

SONORA (CSB13) — Police are searching for a suspect in the death of a toddler. He went to the hospital with flu-like symptoms, but 10 months later, Sonora cops call it murder. The family never ...

The former Bachelorette contestant and his girlfriend Samm Murphy welcomed their first child, son Koltyn Murphy Locke, on Thursday, July 16, he announced on social media Kiptyn Locke‘s little buddy ...

A Sonora man accused of killing Waterford toddler Koltyn Joshua Sparks in 2019 is set to be sentenced next month after accepting a plea deal Monday morning. Joseph Luke Maloney, 30, who has maintained ...

Koltyn Sparks-Blackwood was killed a month shy of his first birthday Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. An award-winning journalist who has worked for ...

Police in Minnesota confirmed that a father and son found fatally shot were victims of a murder-suicide. Gene Bartnes, 45, and his 3-year-old son Koltyn were found dead of gunshot wounds on Monday ...

A Sonora man accused of second-degree murder in the death of 1-year-old Koltyn Sparks-Blackwood and the infant's mother, who is accused of child abuse, both pleaded not-guilty to all charges during a ...

HOLMESVILLE TOWNSHIP, Minn. (Valley News Live) — The Becker County deaths of a father and his 3-year-old son have been ruled a homicide and suicide by the medical examiner. Gene Russell Bartnes, 45, ...

"I've always looked forward to the opportunity to raise little ones," the businessman told Us. "It's in my hard wiring, being a dad is something I've always felt like I was meant to do. I've been very ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (Valley News Live) - Family and friends gathered Monday night to remember 3-year-old Koltyn Bartnes, who was killed during a murder-suicide in rural Becker County last month. The ...