Investigations

I-Team

NewsChannel 5 Investigations hold the powerful accountable, expose fraud and government wrong-doing, and advocate for good throughout the St. Louis region.  If you have a story that needs to be investigated, Leisa Zigman and Farrah Fazal want to hear from you. 

Email Leisa Zigman at lzigman@ksdk.com or follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

Email Farrah Fazal at ffazal@ksdk.com or follow her on Facebook and Twitter

I-Team Stories

Barricades going up at Crestwood Mall, redevelopment in jeopardy

7:39 PM, Jun 18, 2013

The owners of the Crestwood Mall are shutting it down and putting up barricades to all the entrances.

I-Team: Secrets beneath the Westlake landfill

4:35 AM, Jun 14, 2013

For more than 30 years, a former Westlake landfill worker has kept a secret.

Gross, slimy mold found inside child's juice box

5:57 PM, Jun 11, 2013

If you're eating or drinking right now, especially a juice box, you might want to set it down for a moment.

Traffickers selling victims in St. Louis hotels

1:28 PM, Jun 6, 2013

The wrong kind of hotel guests are checking into luxury hotels across St. Louis. They are sex traffickers - selling girls, women and boys in one to five star hotels.

Local judge charged with heroin possession presided over drug court

10:51 PM, May 30, 2013

The St. Clair County Circuit judge at the center of a drug scandal and charged with heroin possession, handled 90 percent of the circuit's drug court cases.

St. Charles County's first sex trafficking case

10:37 PM, May 29, 2013

The St. Charles County prosecutor is about to take his very first sex trafficking case to court.

Sex trafficking moves toward St. Louis

11:09 PM, May 22, 2013

The non-descript hotel room is full of men and a few women. One of them is young and blonde.

For-profit colleges under fire

11:14 PM, May 20, 2013

It is high school graduation season. Many of the new grads are among the 1 million people who will walk into a so-called "for-profit school" like Sanford Brown.

Feuding neighbors caught on tape, sheriff investigating

6:12 PM, May 20, 2013

A long time feud between two neighbors has the I-Team digging for answers and trying to make peace.

State nursing home dog attacks 4-year-old boy

5:55 PM, May 15, 2013

A tip that came into our newsroom led to a story about a 4-year-old boy who was attacked by a dog at the Missouri Veteran's Home in north St. Louis County.

I-Team: St. Louis had no ambulance service 27 times over past 6 months

11:17 PM, May 8, 2013

What if you called 911 and there were no ambulances available?

Could athleticism be determined by genetics?

10:49 PM, May 2, 2013

Genetic tests can do anything from determining paternity to proving someone's guilt or innocence. But can your genes tell you if you or your kids could be among the top athletes?

Eagleton Courthouse: Most overbuilt in nation

12:06 AM, May 2, 2013

Would you ever hire a contractor who couldn't read a tape measure or stay within your size limits? You already have, and it has cost you millions of dollars.

KSDK Exclusive: Akin relived 'legitimate rape' quote many times

10:33 AM, Apr 26, 2013

Could Todd Akin be the new comeback kid?

I-Team: Kirkwood Schools win round one in fight with luxury senior complex

10:49 PM, Apr 23, 2013

St. Louis County Board of Equalization has ruled in favor of Kirkwood Schools in a battle that seems to pit the interest of children and their education against the interest of seniors and their retirement community.

KSDK Exclusive: Adolphus Busch IV resigns NRA membership

6:29 PM, Apr 18, 2013

In an email sent exclusively to NewsChannel 5's Leisa Zigman, Adolphus Busch IV, heir to the Busch family throne, asked the gun rights group to "immediately" remove his name from their membership roles.

Division of French company says it doesn't have Missourians' birth certificates

12:33 PM, Apr 17, 2013

In response to an I-Team report Tuesday, MorphoTrust USA sent a copy of a letter it sent to Missouri's Department of Revenue in March. The letter outlines its National Security Agreement with the United States Government and details how it protects personal records.

Judge delays sentencing to consider victim's family's statements

3:49 PM, Apr 11, 2013

Seven members of 18-year-old Matthew Pellegrini's family spoke through tears at a sentencing hearing in St. Louis Circuit Court Thursday. Each family member asked the judge to reject a plea agreement made without their consent.

Justice for Matty: Parents beg St. Louis judge to ignore plea deal

12:26 AM, Apr 11, 2013

Was it murder or an accident? A St. Louis crime is making international headlines because it is so shocking and bizarre.

Photographers angry over park picture fees

7:04 PM, Apr 9, 2013

A sign that recently went up in Faust Park in Chesterfield had professional photographers so upset they voiced outrage on KSDK's facebook page and asked the I-Team's Leisa Zigman to investigate new fees that seemed to have been enacted over night.

St. Louis Head Start fights against threatened cuts

11:01 PM, Apr 2, 2013

St. Louis Head Start leaders are fighting back after calls to defund the early child hood program get louder. Bloggers, some politicians, and both right and left wing groups have labeled the program a multi-billion dollar failure.

Clayton lawyers, PR firm big winners in Ellisville impeachment

6:00 PM, Apr 2, 2013

As Ellisville Mayor Adam Paul fights for his political life, NewsChannel 5's I-Team spent the day looking at how much the impeachment process is costing Ellisville taxpayers.

Mo. AG to file suit against Bridgeton landfill owner

6:40 AM, Mar 27, 2013

Sources tell NewsChannel 5's I-Team that Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster will file suit against Republic Services, the owner of the Bridgeton landfill, Wednesday morning.

I-Team uncovers flaws with Mo. sex offender registry

6:48 PM, Mar 26, 2013

NewsChannel 5's I-Team has uncovered serious flaws with Missouri's sex offender registry.

I-Team: State releases Coldwater Creek report

7:36 PM, Mar 20, 2013

Last month, the I-Team reported extensively about unusual cancers and birth defects in Florissant, Hazelwood, Spanish Lake and other communities where Coldwater Creek flows.

Samwell Fowler, invisible sex offender, resurfaces

7:03 PM, Mar 19, 2013

Law enforcement in St. Louis says 25-year-old Samwell Fowler figured out a way to break his parole and avoid signing Missouri's sex offender registry for the past five years.

County assessor against tax exemption for retirement community

11:51 PM, Mar 7, 2013

On the heels of an I-Team investigation into whether a luxury retirement complex in Kirkwood should qualify for tax exempt status, the county assessor is weighing in.

I-Team reviews Amsted Rail's safety record and history

8:06 PM, Mar 7, 2013

Following Thursday's explosion, the I-Team reviewed OSHA records between 2008 and 2013.

I-Team: Cancer cases in N. County called 'an event'

12:24 AM, Feb 22, 2013

A staggering number of cancers, birth defects and illnesses first reported by the I-Team earlier this month has at least one local oncologist calling our findings, "an event."

Illinois leads nearly all states in late fees

12:33 AM, Feb 14, 2013

Bills. We all have them, even if we don't like them.

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