A University of Kentucky student is out of jail days after she was arrested for allegedly putting her deceased baby in a closet. WLEX reported that Laken Riley, 21, posted $100,000 bond and is at her parents’ home without any monitoring. On Sunday, Lexington police allegedly found her deceased baby in a closet, wrapped in …
A Texas man was jailed on murder charges on Tuesday, days after he allegedly shot and killed an 11-year-old boy playing a “ding dong ditch” prank. Houston police said Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, shot Julian Guzman in the back as he ran from a home on Saturday. Guzman and a few friends rang Leon’s doorbell …
A Michigan woman and her 12-year-old son were reportedly found dead together on Labor Day. The 41-year-old woman and her son were discovered dead with apparent traumatic injuries in their Hazel Park home. Officials have not disclosed the pair’s names, but stated that they were mother and son, according to the Detroit Free Press. Hazel …
Kentucky police arrested a woman on Sunday, days after they reportedly discovered her deceased baby in a closet. On Wednesday, Lexington police who responded to a report of an unresponsive infant allegedly found the baby in a closet, wrapped in a towel in a trash bag. WLWT reported that the infant’s mother is Laken Snelling, …
Authorities in Arkansas are asking for the public’s help in locating a 5-year-old boy who went missing on Monday. Lucian Schickler reportedly vanished from Arkadelphia at 4 a.m., though additional details were not provided. Local police said Schickler is autistic and non-verbal, according to KARK. Schickler is apparently drawn to wooded areas, water, playgrounds, and …
A Texas woman who was arrested last week has been charged with murdering her 15-month-old child, who died in a hot car days earlier. Frisco police said Vanessa Esquivel, 27, intentionally left the child in the vehicle on August 16. Esquivel, who was arrested on August 20, left the child in the car for more …
An investigation is underway after a 1-year-old Texas girl was reportedly found dead in a hot car on Thursday. Shavetta Combs, 27, called Bexar County police, allegedly claiming her daughter was not breathing after being left in a vehicle. Shavetta and Aaron Combs, 27, told deputies that they took their baby with them to pick …
A North Carolina elected official was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly lacing his two granddaughters’ ice cream with drugs. On August 8, James Yokeley, 66, reportedly flagged down Wilmington police at a Sheetz gas station and claimed his granddaughters found two pills in a Blizzard they purchased from a nearby Dairy Queen. However, police said …
A federal investigation is underway in Nevada, where dozens of cremated human remains were recently found on a dirt road. KLAS reported that the 70 piles of ashes were located outside Searchlight. While it is not illegal for an individual to scatter ashes, the Bureau of Land Management said it is investigating the incident. The …
On Wednesday, Louisiana officials said that a 12-year-old autistic boy who was found dead in a lagoon on Tuesday drowned following an alligator attack. Bryan Vasquez reportedly left his New Orleans East home via his bedroom window on August 14, two weeks before his body was discovered in a nearby lagoon. The Orleans Parish Coroner …
A North Dakota couple was arrested last week, a year after their 3-month-old son reportedly died in deplorable conditions. In July 2024, Fargo police responded to Nikolas and Alie Shearer’s home after Nickolas Shearer, 25, reported his son was not breathing. Officers who responded to the couple’s residence noted it was littered with garbage to …
Texas police have arrested a man after a 6-month-old girl was reportedly found dead in a hot car on Tuesday. Heath police said the girl was found dead in a vehicle parked outside Rockwall Heath High School. An investigation determined that Camerone Leichman, 36, — who recently became the infant’s caregiver — failed to take …
