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Missing
November 18, 2024
Texas Man Arrested After Remains Found of Person Missing for 2 Years
A Texas man was arrested last week after human remains were found at a house in Buffalo. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office said in a vague Facebook post that they received a report of a missing person and a child on June 19. The person and child had not been seen by family since July …
Domestic violence
November 18, 2024
Man, Child Dead in Missouri Domestic Violence Incident
Police found a man and a child dead inside a Missouri home Sunday night after responding to a domestic violence call in Lawson. Officers from the Lawson Police Department and Ray County Sheriff’s deputies responded just after 7:30 p.m., KCTV reported. They were told the man in home had assualted a woman there and there …
Child death
November 17, 2024
Georgia Parents Arrested After 8-Month-Old Daughter Dies, Caught Between Mattress and Couch Cushions
A Georgia couple awas arrested this week and charged with murder in the death of their 8-month-old daughter. Columbus Police began an investigation in late September after they were called about a deceased child, WTVM reported. They found the infant had been placed on a mattress on a love seat and rolled off, becoming wedged …
Murder
November 17, 2024
Judge Says Mother on Death Row DID NOT Kill Her Daughter
The Texas judge who oversaw a trial that convicted a mother of killing her 2-year-old daughter and sentenced her to death now says the woman is “actually innocent” and did not kill her child. Melissa Elizabeth Lucio has been on death in Texas in the union for 16 years, according to PEOPLE. She was convicted …
Child sex crimes
November 17, 2024
Registered Sex Offender Arrested for Posing as 18-Year-Old to Kidnap and Rape 16-Year-Old Girl
A man already registered for life as a sex offender against children has been arrested for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl in central California. Edgar Perez Medina, 35, posed as an 18-year-old man on social media to talk with the girl and made plans to meet her, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said. When …
November 17, 2024
Missouri Mom Gets 9 Years in Jail for Starving Children to the Point They Looked Like ‘Concentration Camp Victims’
A Missouri mother charged with abusing and neglecting her two young children pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Alyssa Nicole Bowman, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse and neglect, and prosecutors agreed to drop four other counts of abuse and neglect and two counts of child …
Child death
November 17, 2024
Former Florida Child Welfare Employee Charged With Murder in Death of 13-Year-Old Daughter
A former employee of Florida’s Department of Children and Families has been arrested after her 13-year-old daughter was found dead, “extremely emaciated and obviously malnourished” and “covered in wounds in all stages of healing.” Highlands County Sheriff Paul Blackman said the girl was found nude except for a diaper when deputies arrived after her mother, …
AMBER Alert
November 17, 2024
Utah Amber Alert Canceled After Suspect Crashes Into Police Vehicle
An Amber Alert was issued shortly after midnight Sunday morning after a man allegedly abducted a 12-year-old girl he met online and let police on a chase on Interstate 15. The Bountiful Police Department said family members of the girl confronted the man before he took off with her his Chevrolet Camaro. About eight hours …
Child sex crimes
November 16, 2024
Mom Confronts Man Having Sexting Relationship With Her 13-Year-Old Daughter, Leading to Police Shooting
A Florida mother discovered an 18-year-old man having an “inappropriate text relationship’ with her 13-year-old daughter and set up a meeting with him herself, which led to the man being shot by police. Cerry Banks was hospitalized in stable condition and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of …
Child death
November 16, 2024
West Virginia Mom Faces Multiple Charges in Death of 16-Day-Old Infant
A West Virginia mother has been indicted on multiple charges related to the death of her 16-day old daughter this summer. Brooke Kessler, 33, told investigators she “probably” caused the the infant’s fatal injuries by squeezing her “too hard” while she was “irritated.” The little girl had “multiple, serious injuries,” West Virginia State Troopers said, …
Court
November 16, 2024
Washington State Couple Plead Guilty to Killing Daughter’s Ex They Mistakenly Believed Sold Her Into Sex Trafficking
A Washington state couple was allowed to plead guilty this week to killing their daugther’s ex-boyfriend and leaving is body in the trunk of a car for a year. John Eisenman pleaded guilty to first degree murder, and his fiancee, Brenda Kross, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, reduced from first degree murder, KREM reported. Eisenman reportedly …