A young Texas child, wandering alone on a 6-lane highway late Sunday night, was struck and killed by a passing motorist. Dallas Police said a white, mid-sized SUV hit the little girl, who appeared to be around 6-years-old, KDFW reported. The driver pulled into a nearby parking lot and seemed to circle back toward the …
A teenage West Virginia dad faces child abuse charges after a grandmother showed police video of him aggressively throwing a 4-month-old baby down and holding his hand over the infant’s mouth. Jeremiah Burkhammer, 19, was charged with child neglect creating risk of injury and strangulation, WDTV reported. The video shows Burkhammer shortly before 2 a.m. …
A Texas man has been charged with murder after he called 911 to tell dispatchers he’d shot and killed his roommate, apparently because the man was “difficult.” Douglas Ervin, 81, made the 911 call just after 9 p.m. on Thursday, KDFW reported. When dispatchers asked the man he shot was still breathing, Ervin replied, “Nah, …
A 19-year-old Connecticut woman and a 2-year-old boy were found stabbed to death Saturday night at an apartment in West Haven. Police said they were called to the complex just before 9 p.m. Saturday and found a man witnesses said had jumped from a second story window outside with injuries, WCIT reported. He was rushed …
An Idaho man accused of killing his wife, her unborn child, and their 10-month-old son entered into a plea deal last week to avoid the death penalty. Jeremy Best, 50, agreed to plead guilty to first degree murder in the death of his son Zeke Best, whose throat he slit, and second degree murder in …
An abducted 4-year-old girl was found Sunday morning in the company of her father, who had a domestic violence restraining order barring him from contact with the girl’s mother — who was found shot to death in a Tamarac, Florida, home. Reports of a shooting brought Tamarac police to the home at about 6 a.m. …
A Texas mother had been charged with four counts of injury to a child after she beat her children with a dog leash because none of them would admit who left a tissue on the floor. Ebony Gonzalez, in her early 30s (local media gave three different ages), also reportedly turned on the stove and …
A Michigan mother has been arrested for allegedly abandoning her three children in a Pontiac home to fend for themselves for four or five years, occassionally dropping food off for them. Oakland County deputies were called to home and found it in deplorable condition, with piles of garbage as deep as four feet in some …
An Indiana man was arrested Friday and charged with the Valentine’s Day murder of his wife. Jeffersonville Police said they were called to the home Friday evening for a domestic disturbance, although they did not say who called them, WDRB reported. A vague statement from police said the situation escalated quickly, ultimately requiring the “full …
A 65-year-old Florida man was arrested this week for battery, months after he was seen on video attacking two women in a church parking lot because he thought they shouldn’t have parked in a handicapped space. The victims, a 22-year-old woman and her disabled mother who had difficulty walking after a car crash, had come …
Texas prosecutors are preparing to present case to a grand jury in which a British woman, visiting her American father in a Dallas suburb, was shot to death on the day she was to leave to return home. A heavily redacted report from the Prosper Police Department says they investigated the death of 23-year-old Lucy …
A Tennessee man convicted in December of killing his wife while they were on their honeymoon in Fiji has been sentenced to life in prison. Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, won’t be eligible for release until he’s served at least 18 years, The Associated Press reported. Dawson pleaded not guilty in the death of Christe Chen, …
