Authorities say an Alabama toddler could be in “extreme danger” after she was allegedly kidnapped during a birthday party over the weekend, AL.com reports. Around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 3-year-old Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney was outside the Tom Brown Village apartment complex in Birmingham with other children when the kidnapping occurred. A sports utility vehicle pulled up …
A convicted sex offender allegedly walked more than 350 miles from Indiana to Wisconsin intending to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, but was arrested as part of sting operation, WCTV reports. Tommy Lee Jenkins, 32, began exchanging messages with a Facebook user named “Kylee” on Oct. 1. According to the report, Jenkins thought “Kylee” …
The mother of a 9-year-old boy accused of murdering five people by setting a house on fire said her son is not a cold-blooded killer, CBS News reports. “Everyone is looking at him like he’s some kind of monster, but that’s not who he is,” Katie Alwood told CBS News. “People make mistakes, and that’s …
A 21-year-old man was viciously mauled to death by a pair of pit bulls earlier this week, leaving his family with more questions than answers, KTXL-TV reports. Authorities say they believe the two dogs — 13-year-old Beze and 5-year-old Saxon — attacked Dustin Bryan on Monday morning at a home in Modesto, California. Relatives found …
New Mexico authorities are searching for a missing mother and son who may have encountered the woman’s former boyfriend, who is the subject of a temporary restraining order, KOB-TV reports. Police in Albuquerque on Friday issued a missing person’s alert for Belinda Valdez and her young son, Joshua Chester Valdez. The mother and son were …
A California woman is accused of impersonating a teacher and attempting to kidnap a young child, KTXL-TV reports. Officers were dispatched to Cooper Elementary School in Vacaville, California, on Thursday because of reports that a woman was acting erratically. Police say that Aileen Caringal, 56, was taking pictures of vehicles and people as children were …
Four Florida children were left inside a filth-ridden home that was filled with animal feces, urine, swarming insects, and numerous cats and dogs, WKMG-TV reports. Their mother, Sarah Mahoney, 31, is now accused of child neglect after police discovered the kids were alone inside the residence for 13 hours without food. A witness notified authorities …
A disabled 9-year-old boy vanished from the St. Louis area 16 years ago, and now authorities say they know who killed him: his own father. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Dawan Ferguson, 46, was charged Thursday with one count of first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of his son, Christian. The boy’s body …
The two Canadian men who authorities believe murdered three people, including an American citizen, recorded several videos before they killed themselves, NBC News reports. Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, were found dead in a densely wooded area of Manitoba, British Columbia, on Aug. 7. Police say the cause of death was suicide. The …
The death of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found along a Minnesota highway earlier this year has been ruled a homicide, KAAL-TV reports. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced on Friday that it had completed its investigation into the death of Noelani Robinson. Authorities determined that Noelani died from blunt force trauma to …
A Pennsylvania mother reportedly gave her baby to a stranger on the street because she believed the child would be in better hands, WOLF-TV reports. Police say the mother handed the boy to a woman on Tuesday near a laundromat in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The mother, whose name has not been released, told the woman the …
A California mother and father have been arrested following the death of their 4-year-old son in July, KTLA-TV reports. Police on Thursday arrested 27-year-old Jose Cuatro and 25-year-old Ursula Juarez on suspicion of murder, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The couple initially told authorities that their son, Noah Cuatro, had drowned in …
