Angie Ricono
Investigative Reporter
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Angie Ricono joined the KCTV5 News team as an investigative reporter in October 2015.
Before that, she worked worked in Philadelphia, PA and Lexington, KY.
Angie has won numerous awards for her reporting including a Regional Edward R. Murrow award for investigations. She was also name Associated Press’s Reporter of the Year in New Jersey for her coverage related to the September 11 attacks and the beltway sniper.
At KCTV5, Angie looks into closed cases, legal issues and policies and procedures that don’t make sense.
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Lawton said she was up in the middle of the night grabbing a bottle of milk for her infant son when she heard something in her driveway.
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The Midwest Innocence Project says the state of Missouri needs to allow Board of Inquiry to conclude investigation of case against Marcellus Williams, sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of former St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle.
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The raid has made national and international news and has been widely condemned by First Amendment advocates.
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John and Brandi Scaletty describe a random attack by a group of men outside Arrowhead Stadium prior to Saturday’s Luke Combs concert that started with someone opening the hatch to their SUV.
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The family’s attorney openly questioned how an unarmed man could be shot and killed at a traffic stop.
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Cruz Burris was just 15 years old when he died of an accidental overdose. His parents believe a dealer delivered the fatal pill to their home while they slept, and that he found that dealer via Snapchat.
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Chris Dunn has served 33 years and has fresh hope now that a prosecutor is asking a judge to vacate his conviction.
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Missouri has some of the lowest standards for coroners in the nation.
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Reid is currently in prison at Tipton Correctional Center serving a three-year sentence for the crash.
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An animal control report details a lack of cooperation from the boarding facility's staff while seeking information about the attack.
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The pumper truck had run a red light smashing into an SUV carrying two people, killing them both and a pedestrian.
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A man serving time for a 2002 murder conviction has died in prison Wednesday morning from cancer, his family said.
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Adam Mace has learned he’ll be released from prison after a Cass County judge expunged his old marijuana possession conviction.
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Chris Dunn is convicted in the 1990 Saint Louis murder of Ricco Rogers.
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Lamar Johnson has served 28 years and has always said he’s innocent. His case is back before the courts under a new law that allows Missouri prosecutors to review old convictions and bring them back before a judge.
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His groundbreaking research could have major implications for how Alzheimer’s and dementia patients are treated.
In taking a plea deal, he faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison.
Britt Reid will enter his guilty plea on Monday, Sept. 12, at 10 a.m.
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Lamar Johnson has spent more than 27 years in prison for a murder in Missouri he swears he didn’t do. On Wednesday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filled a motion to vacate that old conviction.
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Hattie Saltzman was diagnosed with diabetes when she was 16 years old. She’s 25 now, but she says living with type-1 diabetes is difficult. Insulin keeps her alive. But at various times in her life, she couldn’t afford the medication.
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It’s a big task: Placing thousands of beagles removed from a breeding and testing facility in Virginia. That facility also bred the dogs to supply other labs that test on animals.
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The petition would allow voters to legalize marijuana for people 21 and older.
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In order for the petition to be placed on the ballot, there must be enough signatures in six out of eight congressional districts.
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Doctors and hospitals have expressed confusion over what will be considered a medical emergency and if certain contraceptives are allowed under the new law.
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There’s little doubt that many Missouri voters are still undecided and it’s certain this race will go down to the wire.
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Millions of people take it every day without a thought. It can help cure a headache, relieve other aches and pains, and reduce a fever. But it can also poison you.
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Patty Prewitt is serving a life sentence for the death of her husband, Bill, in 1984.
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Michael Politte was 14 when he was convicted of his mother's murder. He will soon be released from prison and hopes to clear his name.
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