An Arizona grandmother has been indicted on abuse charges for the treatment of her 13-year-old granddaughter. A Maricopa County grand jury charged Virginia Lujan, 55, with two counts of child abuse, two counts of tampering with evidence, one count of tampering with a witness, and three counts of contributeing to the dependency of a child, …
A Miami mom was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated child abuse after she allegedly beat her daughter with a metal guitar and broomstick because she had to wait 10 minutes until she came out of school. An arrest report says that 52-year-old Sayda Orellana Castellanos was picking her daughter up …
An eastern Kentucky woman was arrested last week for child abuse after reports said her son “showed signs of torture.” The returned to school on Tuesday after not attending since before Christmas and appeared to have “chipped front teeth and a busted nose,” WYMT reports. A school official called police, and the boy told investigators …
A Texas stepmom has been convicted of abusing her stepdaughter after the girl suffered years of psychological and physical abuse. KWTX reported that after almost six years of abuse, jurors in Waco’s 19th State District Court found Marisela Garcia, 47, guilty on Wednesday. The decision came after only 15 minutes of deliberation, and they recommended …
A Pennsylvania mother and stepfather have been charged with endangering the welfare of children after their twin teens were found “very malnourished and extremely thin.” A criminal complaint says that Joshua and Tracy Dechant face two felony counts in Lehigh County, KYW reports. The county district attorney’s office said that Pennsylvania State Police responded to …
A Georgia couple was arrested on cruelty to children and aggravated battery charges last week, nearly a year after their doctors found 29 fractures all over their infant daughter’s body. According to WSB, the 6-week-old child’s mother, Savannah Cox, and grandmother brought the baby to Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center in February 2024 with a …
A 13-year-old Arizona girl died on Wednesday, a day after she was reportedly found living in a cage According to KNXV, Virginia Lujan, 55, called Tempe police on Tuesday about her granddaughter who was not breathing. Officials said the girl was covered in sores and bruises and lived in a makeshift cage that had a …
A Texas man was arrested this week after Lubbock police charged him with severely injuring a 6-month-old baby. The infant was with Benjamin Farrell, 35, for several hours on Monday, EverythingLubbock.com reported, although the outlet did not say why he was in charge of the child during that time. When a family member came to …
The Kentucky parents of a toddler and an infant and their paternal grandparents have been arrested after police found the children strapped into a car seat and baby swing, apparently for days. “The children were found covered in urine and feces that appeared to be several days old,” an arrest citation says, according to The …
A 21-year-old Louisiana mother is in jail after authorities found she had beaten her 4-year-old child with a plastic utensil and dressed them in a plastic trash bag. The Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a 911 call on Thursday from a witness to the mistreatment and found the child with injuries to …
A Utah dad has been charged with aggravated child abuse after his 2-month-old son was brought to a hospital with a brain bleed. A police affidavit said that Jacob Beal, 28, was alone in his apartment with the child while the boy’s mother was at work. The family lives in a basement apartment, with other …
A Texas grandmother has been been arrested on charges authorities say stem from a case of Munchausen by proxy. Lisa Campbell-Goins, 56, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with exploitation of a child, injury to a child, and unlawful restraint, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said. The charges include having an unnecessary gastric feeding tube …
