Year: 2024

Death investigation
June 24, 2024

Autistic 6-Year-Old Boy Found Dead in Lake After Climbing Out of Window

A 6-year-old Massachusetts boy who reportedly vanished from his home on Sunday was found dead in a lake hours later. Officials said they believe Zayan Mayanja vanished from his Westford home via a window. WHDH reported that his body was found in Nabnasset Lake about three hours after his disappearance, according to WHDH. Reports indicated …

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Juveniles
June 24, 2024

Developing: Tot, 3, Found Dead After Wandering From Foster Home

A toddler who wandered away from a West Virginia foster home was found dead Tuesday, police said. According to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a call about a missing 3-year-old child shortly before 9 p.m., who was last seen home on Happy Valley Road in Parkersburg. The child reportedly wandered away undetected. The …

Child Abuse
June 24, 2024

‘Postpartum’ Mom Squeezes Life Out of 16-Day-Old Daughter

On Monday, West Virginia police charged a woman with killing her newborn daughter, who was hospitalized with serious injuries on Thursday and succumbed to her injuries days later. Brooke Kessler’s 16-day-old daughter was admitted to a Charleston hospital with various injuries that appeared non-accidental. The baby died on Sunday after being taken off life support, …

Missing
June 24, 2024

Illinois Woman Mysteriously Vanishes While Attending Bahamas Yoga Retreat

Police are searching for a Chicago woman who mysteriously disappeared during a trip to The Bahamas. According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force, Taylor Casey, 41, was last seen on June 19 near Paradise Island in Nassau. A friend  posted on Facebook that Taylor attended a yoga retreat before she “mysteriously vanished.” Family members are now …

Juveniles
June 24, 2024

Masked Juvenile Opens Fire With Fake Gel Bead Gun Inside Crowded Movie Theater

A masked boy stood up in a crowded Missouri theater Saturday afternoon and opened fire with a fake gun that fired gel beads. The boy fled theater after his attack and was later found in a nearby parking lot, Creve Coeur police said. Fortunately, the boy’s reckless actions didn’t hurt anyone. Officers recovered the gun …

June 24, 2024

WATCH LIVE: College Instructor ‘Sweetheart’ Karen Read Charged With Mowing Down Cop Boyfriend, Murder Trial Day 30

Testimony continues Monday morning in the Karen Read murder trial. A Norfolk County grand jury in Massachusetts indicted Read in 2022 on murder, motor vehicle manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a collision causing death charges. She’s accused of killing her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer. Read was initially arrested on manslaughter charges …

Murder
June 24, 2024

Teen Boy Stabbed to Death at Police Fundraiser

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a Los Angeles Police Department fundraiser Saturday night despite a large police presence at the carnival event in the Palms community. The stabbing took place at about 10:30 p.m., and police said the boy had been fighting with “multiple” juveniles prior to the fatal stabbing, the Press-Telegram …