Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
42%
8 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Fox News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A former Missouri probation and parole officer who later worked at a state correctional center allegedly killed his wife in front of some of his children, even making some of the youngsters help him abuse their mother.
uncertain
him → work → mother
Jonathan G. Houston, 44, was arrested after one of his children called 911 from a hotel and discreetly whispered to dispatchers that her father had "captured" her and her six siblings and had physically abused them for years, according to charging documents, KOMU reported.
uncertain
KOMU → arrest → documents
Deputies responded to the report and found the children on Sunday at the Baymont Inn & Suites in Kingdom City.
asserted
Deputies → respond → City
One of the children told the deputies that their father had strangled their mother while some of the children were present 10 months earlier, according to the documents.
uncertain
some → tell → documents
Another child, who also recalled witnessing the strangulation, said her father told her he planned to kill her mother, who was later identified by deputies as 37-year-old Aunika C. Houston.
asserted
who → recall → Houston
During that attack, Houston was allegedly gripping his wife by the throat when he forced one child to pour hot water down the woman's legs and another child to cover her mouth to muffle her screams, the documents show.
uncertain
documents → grip → screams
Houston had locked his three youngest children in the bathroom and instructed the children in the room to play loud music, so others could not hear their mother's screams, according to court records, KOMU reported.
uncertain
KOMU → lock → records
The man allegedly put his wife’s body in a trash bag and threw it into a dumpster on the hotel's property.
uncertain
man → put → property
The woman was never reported missing after the killing.
asserted
woman → report → killing
"Aunika Houston was originally from the State of California and is believed to have been residing in the Central Missouri area for the past several years.
asserted
Houston → believe → years
Her next of kin has been notified," the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
asserted
Office → notify → release
Houston allegedly admitted to investigators that he killed his wife and had planned the killing in advance, according to the charging documents.
uncertain
he → admit → documents
This seems to be an act of domestic violence and it's very unfortunate for everybody involved," Chief Deputy of the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office Curtis Hall told KOMU.
asserted
Hall → seem → KOMU
"At this point we’re 48 hours afterwards on a crime that we’re already 10 months behind on," Hall said.
asserted
Hall → ’re → that
"We have to be mindful of what we can release and what we should release."
asserted
we → have → what
Houston was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping.
asserted
Houston → charge → murder
He is being held without bond.
asserted
He → hold → bond
His children were taken into protective custody, deputies said.
asserted
deputies → take → custody
He is also being investigated in connection with an alleged sexual assault and assaults involving other victims, according to deputies.
uncertain
He → investigate → deputies
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