A 34-year-old Florida mother accused of kidnapping her daughter has been recaptured in Broward County. Arys Martinez and her husband, Jacob Howard, lost their parental rights for baby Amelia, then 8-months-old, in February, and a week later, Howard took the child from a daycare facility and handed her over to her mother, according to WPLG. …
A Florida child services worker has been charged with child abuse after he was caught on video slamming an 11-year-old foster child onto a couch. The girl was hurt, police said, but not serious enough for hospitalization. Cordell Baugh-Samuels, 41, works as a “family care manager” for Kids Central, a contract agency for the Florida …
A Missouri man was charged with second degree murder after he allegedly strangled his wife to death while she lay in a hospital bed to get a new port for kidney dialysis. Ronnie Wiggs reportedly admitted covering his wife’s nose and mouth, to keep her from screaming, and put his thumbs on her throat, WDAF …
An Army servicemember and his brother are accused of plotting to kill four people, including two children, the Hartford Courant reports. On Thursday, the Connecticut State Police arrested 30-year-old Jeremiah Peikert on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit risk of injury to minors. Authorities allege that Jeremiah, a sergeant in the …
A grand jury has indicted an Alabama mother who, along with her daughter, allegedly kidnapped and then killed a woman by forcing her off a cliff, WHNT-TV reports. Loretta Carr, 44, faces a charge of capital murder (kidnapping) for the death of Mary Isbell, who vanished three years ago. Carr’s daughter, Jessie Eden Kelly, is …
Bodies found in northern Mexico are likely three missing surfers, including one American, who disappeared last weekend, The Associated Press reports. Authorities have not officially confirmed the identities of the bodies. Still, the physical characteristics of the individuals appear to match those of two Australians and a United States citizen who vanished, state prosecutor María …
Three members of a Kentucky family are dead and another critically injured after multiple shootings across two counties on Friday. The first victim was located at about 6:30 p.m. in Pulaski County, where deputies found “a male victim lying beside the road approximately 200 feet from his residence deceased from what appeared to be a …
Two New Mexico women are dead and a 10-month-old baby is missing after a shooting at a park in Clovis on Friday. Authorities issued an Amber Alert for Eleia Maria Torres, saying they believed she was “in immediate danger.” Another young girl was found near the scene with a head injury, and she and the …
At least one of the suspects in the murders of a Kansas woman and a court-appointed child visitation supervisor in March had extremist views that included “ownership” of his children and that the “fraud of the government” requires the sacrifice of their “lives and futures to benefit some foreign slaves and aborigines.” Paul Grice, 31, …
A Washington state man has been charged with attempted murder after he tried to burn down his house with his elderly, disabled father inside. William Allan Lewis also allegedly held a sibling at gunpoint during the incident, but the sibling escaped as Franklin County deputies arrived on the scene, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said. …
The Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife’s protein shakes and trying to persuade his daughter to tamper with evidence against him has also been charged with offering to pay a fellow inmate to plant letters he wrote to make it look like his wife committed suicide. James Craig has already pleaded not guilty to …
A Wisconsin school teacher has been arrested and charged with having a sexual relationship with an 11-year-old student after the boy’s mother found text conversations between him and his teacher on his phone. Madison Bergmann, 24, is charged with sexually assaulting a child under age 13, WCCO reported. Bergmann and the 5th grader at told …
