A college professor who appeared in a video with his wife to raise funds for an adoption has now been charged with killing the 6-week-old boy, who was adopted just weeks ago. Investigators were called to Van Erick Custodio’s Gastonia, North Carolina, home on April 1 for a child in cardiac arrest. The baby boy …
The Arizona parents of a 1-year-old boy have been charged with child abuse after their son overdosed on apparent fentanyl. The Phoenix Fire Department responded to a call earlier this week from Anna Chavez, who said the boy wasn’t breathing, KNXV reported. The baby regained consciousness after firefighters administered two doses of Narcan, the emergency …
A Florida woman has been charged with child abuse after she allegedly put a young boy inside a clothes dryer and turned it on, WESH-TV reports. Police arrested 35-year-old Amber Christine Chapman over the weekend in connection with the alleged abuse. The victim, a 4-year-old boy, told authorities that “Miss Amber put him in the …
A Florida man is accused of murdering his wife inside their apartment, where authorities also found an infant with a garbage bag over its head, WFTS-TV reports. On Friday, police were called to an apartment complex in Pinellas Park, near Tampa, after a man was seen with blood on his clothing in the breezeway of …
A Baton Rouge father has been charged with cruelty to juveniles after his 5-year-old daughter died from injuries he said she sustained in an accidental fall. Summer Hawkins was pronounced dead at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center, where medical personnel said they saw “severe bruising and trauma” that was “not consistent” with an …
A Texas man has been charged with injury to a child after a 7-year-old was taken to a Denton hospital with “suspicious and extensive injuries.” The child was pronounced dead at the hospital, Denton Police said. Todd Lofton Shaw, the 52-year-old boyfriend of the child’s mother, was arrested. Denton police and emergency personnel were called …
A Nevada woman has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse after she allegedly tried to kill her newborn as the baby’s father drove them to the hospital after the birth. Court documents say that Ashley Hollingsworth’s behavior was so out of line, her boyfriend said, that he “wrestled the baby from her and …
Five of the 13 Turpin children rescued from their parents’ California “house of horrors” were taken to a home where their foster dad allegedly molested them at least 50 times. Marcelino Olguin, 63, was arrested and charged with seven counts of committing a “lewd and lascivious act on a child,” along with torture. His wife …
A baby boy in Indiana reportedly died last year because his car seat straps were too tight, leading to his mother being criminally charged on Friday. According to WANE, Megan Ford’s son weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces during a wellness check which occurred days before his death on May 26, 2021. On the day in …
DCF reportedly tried to have the case sealed, but a judge released the records to the public
A Colorado police officer has been arrested on multiple serious charges, but the community remains in the dark about the precise nature of the allegations, The Gazette reports. On Friday, Colorado Springs patrol officer Shane Reed was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, child abuse, menacing and harassment, according to the newspaper. The Colorado Springs Police …
A Georgia woman is facing criminal charges after her 3-year-old son was reportedly hospitalized last week because she starved him to the point that he weighs half of what he should for a child his age. WSOC reported that paramedics responded to a Gaston County home on March 6 after Shameka White, 30, believed her …
