Peggy Lowe joined Harvest Public Media in 2011, returning to the Midwest after 22 years as a journalist in Denver and Southern California. Most recently she was at The Orange County Register, where she was a multimedia producer and writer. In Denver she worked for The Associated Press, The Denver Post and the late, great Rocky Mountain News. She was on the Denver Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of Columbine. Peggy was a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan in 2008-09. She is from O'Neill, the Irish Capital of Nebraska, and now lives in Kansas City. Based at KCUR, Peggy is the analyst for The Harvest Network and often reports for Harvest Public Media.
The killing of the Kansas City toddler sparked outrage across the metro. On Friday, the boy’s mother thanked the judge for letting the family move forward.
| Credit: Jackson County Prosecutor This little guy paid a really big price with his life, for something that there s no good explanation for, why Marcus is not with us today, Baker said in a virtual news conference.
She shared a statement from the boy s mother that read: Marcus was my third child, such a sweetheart. He loved his family. He loved music. His older brother and sister missed him every day and my grandmother took it very hard. She brings him up daily.
The boy s father, Marcus Haislip Jr., is facing charges of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm after authorities say he allegedly fired in 2019 at the suspect in his son s murder in an act of retaliation, Fox4KC reported previously. He remains in the Jackson County Detention Center, according to online jail records, which do not indicate whether he s entered a plea or
Kansa City, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO ) After waiting nearly four years to see charges filed against the suspected killer of a 3-year-old boy, family members are one step closer to seeing the suspect go to trial.
On Wednesday, the Jackson County prosecutor announced Derrick D. Wren Jr. is charged with second degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of first-degree assault.
Wren is accused of shooting into a car killing three-year-old Marcus Haislip III.
Investigators believe evidence collected during the lengthy investigation will prove 28-year-old Wren shot at a car on May 12, 2017 near 54th and Park. Three-year-old Marcus Haislip III, his father and uncle were inside the car. All three were shot. The boy’s dad drove the car to the Research Medical Center for help, but the child did not survive.