A Michigan girl has passed away after spending two weeks on a ventilator. Officials say she died from COVID-19 complications. The Detroit News reports that 5-year-old Skylar Herbert is the first child in Michigan to pass away from the disease. Around a month ago, the little girl told her parents she had a severe headache. …
The mother of a twin boy who fell from the 16th floor of a high-rise condominium tearfully told officials that he “had always wanted to fly,” according to a Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office report. The Sun-Sentinel reports that 4-year-old Jesse Delduca was with his family in their vacation home at the Quadomain Condomiumim in …
Four teens accused of brutally killing a Texas dance instructor have been indicted for capital murder. Times Record News reports that 65-year-old Carolyn High was found dead in January, lying on the driveway of her home off of the 3500 block of Cumberland in Wichita Falls. According to the Wichita Falls Police Department, the popular …
A Florida woman is behind bars for allegedly attacking a child who intervened during a feud. Citrus County Chronicle reports that 34-year-old Michelle Janet Jenkins, of Inverness, is facing a child abuse charge after an April 5 incident that left a child injured. She’s also facing a probation violation charge from previous charges of child …
Five California teens are behind bars for attempted murder after an alleged brutal beating that left a 14-year-old fighting for his life. According to a news release by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened on March 5 in Goleta, off of the 5700 block of Hollister Avenue. By the time deputies arrived …
Are COVID-19 deaths causing officials to overlook homicides? A forensics expert says it’s possible, given the mass amount of deaths occurring and the limited amount of resources. Joe Scott Morgan, a medicolegal death investigator and a Distinguished Scholar of Applied Forensics at Jacksonville State University says the legal and medical fields are in a position …
An Illinois man is behind bars for sexual assault after allegedly abusing a child in his care for almost years, police say. NBC 5 reports that from June 1, 2016, until April 1, 2018, an unnamed child was temporarily living with Kevin Tayon, 46, at a home in Pontoon. The child was 7 and 8 …
A police department in Maine is warning the public about an apparent scam going around via text messaging. The message, according to the Thomaston Police Department, claims that the recipient was in contact with someone diagnosed with coronavirus. The text message leaves a link and prompts people to click on it for additional information. “DO …
An AMBER Alert was issued Thursday for a 5-year-old Griffin, Georgia, girl. Police are searching for 2-year-old Amina Cole, who may be traveling in a grey 2014 Chevrolet Cruze with 21-year-old Johnetta Leigh Taylor. The car’s Georgia license plate is RSP6855. Anyone with information on the pair’s whereabouts should contact Griffin police immediately at 678-758-8739. …
She claimed her son was with her father, according to police, but officials say a body found inside a Wisconsin woman’s trunk was her son. Green Bay-Gazette reports that authorities contacted 26-year-old Sagal Hussein on January 26, following reports of a neighbor seeing her two young children, ages 2 and 6, playing outside without supervision. …
A missing child has been located safely and a woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted list is in custody. The Madisonville Mentor reports that authorities detained Heather Renee Inks in Madisonville, Texas, on April 4, five years after she allegedly vanished with her daughter. Inks is facing charges of interfering with child custody and unlawful …
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