The boyfriend of six-year-old Zymere Perkins’s mother was found guilty Wednesday for beating the boy to death after he defecated in the living room. Ryshiem Smith, 42, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-and second-degree manslaughter and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child by a Manhattan jury. His sentencing is scheduled for …
A Tennessee woman now faces charges of first degree murder in addition to child abuseafter her infant boy drowned in a bathtub while she went outside to smoke a cigarette. Lindsee Louise Leonardo, 32, told deputies she left 11-month-old Aiden Xavier Leonardo and his 23-month-old sister in four to six inches of water last Wednesday …
A 16-year-old Texas high school student has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a fellow student Tuesday, an incident that Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said appeared to have been accidental. Police were notified of the shooting at Bellaire High School about 4 p.m. Both students were Junior Reserve Officer Training …
A yearlong investigation has reportedly revealed at least 52 official cases of child sexual assault in the Amish community that spans seven states over the past 20 years. Cosmopolitan magazine and Type Investigations allegedly found in a joint investigation that many of the victims were discouraged from reporting the assault by relatives and church leaders. …
The victim has another son who is a police officer
Police in Philadelphia are investigating a homicide after a teen girl reportedly said she witnessed a murder and helped lead authorities to a body. WPVI reports that a teen girl alerted a guidance counselor about a homicide that she said took place in late December 2019, and police later discovered the body of male in …
A New Jersey woman has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally stabbing her husband with nail clippers outside their home on Sunday. The Vineland Daily Journal reported that Kathleen Ayala’s aggravated assault charge was upgraded to murder following Axel Torres’ death at a Camden hospital on Monday. Responding officers found Torres, 35, unresponsive outside …
Did alleged wife killer Fotis Dulos plot to also murder his civil lawyer’s wife? Bizarre voicemails are revealed following Dulos’ arrest for the kidnapping and murder of his presumed-dead wife, Jennifer Dulos. Did alleged wife killer Fotis Dulos plot to murder attorney’s wife ? Bizarre voicemails revealed [HEAR IT] Joining Nancy Grace to discuss the …
Florida authorities have released the identities of four people found dead inside a Celebration home on Monday. According to Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson, the victims have been identified as Megan Todt and her three children, Alek, Tyler, and Zoe. The children’s father and Megan’s husband, Anthony “Tony” Todt, is in custody, in connection with …
The mother of an abandoned baby boy who had frozen to death in a Connecticut parking lot in 1988 will not be criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired, authorities announced on Tuesday. The Hartford Courant reported that the deceased baby, who the local clergy named David Paul, was found bundled in a …
The mother of a Florida teen who recorded her father’s alleged abuse has filed a petition against the man and re-opened a custody battle that has been ongoing for years. The Destin Log reports that Allison Tringas filed Petition for Injunction Against Domestic Violence on January 2, a week after her 14-year-old daughter brought police …
A woman was found dead in a bathtub in a Pennsylvania home and authorities are investigating her death as suspicious. WPVI reports that the 64-year-old woman was found at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in a bathtub at her home on Mechanic Street in the Germantown area of northwest Philadelphia. The woman’s car was missing from …
