Florida authorities found “an elderly woman living in extremely hazardous and unsanitary conditions” on Friday and arrested her 56-year-old caregiver. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said the woman weighed about 90 pounds and “appeared severely neglected, with visible feces on her person and signs that she had not bathed in an extended period.” Deputies …
The star of an HBO docuseries about the ownership of “exotic” animals has been arrested for failing to pay court ordered costs to end a lawsuit over her treatment of the animals last year. A St. Louis County judge issued an order for law enforcement to detain Tonia Haddix and her husband, Jerry Aswegan, on …
A Florida ophthamologist has been charged with the murder of his wife following a contentious separation and divorce. Richard Seith, 53, was charged with first degree murder in the death of Spirit Airlines flight attendant Cynthia Sciarrone, 54, outside her home near Lake Worth Beach on July 15. According to a police report, Palm Beach …
A 40-year-old Florida man has been charged with the murder of his retired schoolteacher mother, whose body was found in a Miami Beach trash chute on Saturday. Police conducted a welfare check at the apartment after Elizabeth “Betty” Caruso’s son-in-law said he hadn’t heard from her in several hours, WTVJ reported. They found blood smeared …
Three people have been arrested and charged with child and animal abuse after five children were found living in the home in deplorable conditions in a Pennsylvania home. The investigation began when one of the children escaped out a window and was found by a neighbor walking his dog, WTAJ reported. The child was shoeless …
A New York appeals court on Monday overturned the conviction of a man jailed for killing a 6-year-old boy in 1979. The court ruled that Pedro Hernandez, 64, must either receive a new trial or be released. According to The New York Times, Hernandez was found guilty of killing Etan Patz — whom he admitted …
A Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl who was murdered last year. Stephan Sterns, 38, also pleaded no contest to murdering Madeline Soto, his girlfriend’s daughter. WFTV reported that Sterns’ pleas came a day before he was to stand trial for child sex crimes concerning Soto. Soto vanished on …
A Canadian man who claimed his 9-year-old daughter was kidnapped on Saturday during a trip in New York has been charged with her murder. State Police believe Luciano Frattolin killed Melina Frattolin shortly after she spoke to her mother on the phone. Police Captain Robert McConnell said the father “fabricated” a story about two men …
A Texas man has been charged with sexually assaulting his 17-year-old daughter after she left a dead baby in a Walmart restroom last week. Police say the girl told investigators that Jerry Lee Martinez, 45, began “touching her inappropriately” when she was 15 years old and raped her, KIII reported. She told them that Martinez …
A Missouri couple has been charged with child neglect after they allegedly abandoned their young son at the county courthouse. “They were gonna take him anyway,” Jeremy Lamp told investigators, according to a probable cause statement filed in the case. The affidavit says that police were called to the Livingston County Courthouse just after 10 …
Authorities in New York state have arrested the father of a 9-year-old girl who was found dead on Sunday after he reported her missing. Luciano Frattolin, 45, is in jail in Essex County, WROC reported, but details on his arrest have not been released. New York State Police said after Melina Frattolin was found dead …
