A psychiatric expert says that a term known as “maternal desire,” which can kick in after a failed relationship or pregnancy loss, is what prompts some women to steal babies. “The desire to have a child can become pathological,” Asim Shah, the Chief of Psychiatry for Ben Taub Hospital and executive vice chair of Community …
An Iowa man is behind bars after police say they found a victim tied up in his trunk. ABC9 reports that a call regarding a missing person was reported to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. Officers were dispatched to Wadena, Iowa, at around 12:15 p.m., where they spotted the victim’s car in a …
A Utah woman who left for a business trip to Florida earlier this week has been found dead, according to family members. The Sun-Sentinel reports that 37-year-old Kelly Glover, a project manager with CHG Healthcare, was found dead Saturday morning, according to family members’ posts on social media. https://www.facebook.com/adam.bremer2/posts/10162748644800721 Glover was last seen on …
It’s been a year since Jayme Closs escaped a Wisconsin killer who shot her parents before abducting her. The brave teen continues to heal and thrive after being held captive for months, in a remote house of horrors. “She’s doing what every 14-year-old kid is doing and that’s just being a kid,” Barron County Sheriff …
A Missouri woman who kept her young son hidden in an attic was given probation on Wednesday for a child abduction conviction. Lake News Online reports that Aubrey Ferguson will serve 5 years of supervised probation after taking her son, 6-year-son, Braedence Jones, and hiding him from his father for five months. Camden County Circuit …
Fotis Dulos, accused of kidnapping and murdering his estranged and presumed dead wife, Jennifer Dulos, returned to his upscale Connecticut home on Thursday, following his Tuesday arrest. According to Eyewitness News 3, with the supposed financial assistance of a family friend, Dulos’ lawyer posted his bond at around noon on Thursday afternoon. The murder suspect …
Over a year later, a Mississippi man is behind bars, accused of negligent homicide after a mother and three young children died in a fiery car accident in Texas. 12News reports that Timothy Thomas Poppen, of Mississippi, was allegedly driving an 18-wheeler work truck when he smashed into Chelsea Stanbury of Georgia, killing her and …
A Texas father who lost his fiance, Heidi Broussard, after her supposed best friend abducted her and her baby, says that there is “no way” the suspect could have acted alone, ABC reports. “I don’t know what happened. Heidi is way stronger than Magen. There has to be a second person. There is no way …
A Florida woman facing felony charges after her daughter was found dead in November pleaded not guilty during a court appearance on Wednesday morning. According to First Coast News, Brianna Williams, who served as a Petty Officer 1st Class at NAS Jacksonville, entered a Duval County courtroom with her hands and ankles shackled, to face …
An arrest warrant has been issued for a New Mexico man after a woman was found dead inside a Roswell home. Her 3-year-old son has been missing since Sunday. Osiel Ernesto Rico, 3, is believed to be with his father, Jorge Rico-Ruvira, 32. Authorities charged Rico-Ruvira in connection with the death of the boy’s mother, …
Lawyers for a Chicago-based restaurant claim that a woman who was sexually assaulted behind the establishment should take the majority of the responsibility. According to court documents, attorneys representing El Hefe Chicago responded after a lawsuit was filed against the restaurant, following a woman’s claim that she was sexually assaulted while two security guards stood …
A fourth-grade elementary school teacher lost her unborn baby on Monday after a habitual DUI driver allegedly hit her head-on during a tragic car accident in Soso, Mississippi. The Sun Herald reports that authorities found 24-year-old Mashayla Harper lying on the roadway off of Welch Road on Saturday evening, after James Cory Gilbert, 33, allegedly …
