radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: July 21, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 07/21/26          THE MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND KILLING 7-YEAR-OLD MORGAN VIOLI IN 1996 IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY WEDNESDAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN BOWLING GREEN. 61-YEAR-OLD ROBERT SCOTT FROBERG WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH DNA EVIDENCE RECOVERED FROM THE ABDUCTOR'S VAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE LATER CONFESSED TO ABDUCTING, STRANGLING AND ABANDONING THE 7-YEAR-OLD'S BODY IN TENNESSEE.  POLICE SAY FROBERG WAS AN ESCAPEE FROM ALABAMA AT THE TIME OF THE ABDUCTION........ HAVING BEEN CONVICTED THERE FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY.  HE WAS ARRESTED IN PENNSVLVANIA, BUT ESCAPED CUSTODY THERE WHEN HE ARRIVED IN BOWLING GREEN WHILE HEADED BACK TO ALABAMA IN A VAN THAT HAD BEEN REPORTED STOLEN IN OHIO.          A 20-YEAR-OLD BOWLING GREEN MAN HAS DIED AFTER AN APPARENT DROWNING AT NOLIN LAKE. THE EDMONSON COUNTY CORONER IDENTIFIES THE VICTIM AS DARTEL LONG JR. NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED, AND THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING.