SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Greater Springfield Area Crime Stoppers hopes you’ll help catch a woman charged with two counts of domestic assault.

Police say there is a warrant for the arrest of Samantha Jo Childress, 41 years old. According to a criminal complaint, Childress grabbed a person by the neck and took their phone away in December 2024.

Childress is 5’10″ tall, weighs 160 pounds, and has brown hair and hazel eyes. Childress has the following tattoos:

Left neck - flower

Right arm - tribal design

Right wrist - 4-9-16, crown, “Q”

Right calf - frog

Right shoulder - In loving memory, praying hands, dove, Chinese symbol.

Childress is believed to be in the Greene County area. If you have information that leads to her arrest, call Crime Stoppers at 417-869-TIPS (8477). There is a

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