When two of the 13 Turpin children — rescued from their abusive California home in 2018 — spoke with ABC’s Diane Sawyer for her 20/20 special “Escape from a House of Horror,” they indicated that their lives might not be what they would have hoped. “I don’t really have a way to get food right …
A 2-year-old Alabama girl found dead in her family’s apartment last week died from multiple blunt force trauma Ivy Baker was found dead in her family’s Opelika apartment early Friday morning when first responders responded after her mother, Chasity Umeko Baker, 28, found the little girl unresponsive. Baker and her boyfriend, 28-year-old Jamario Emanuel Mitchell, …
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Authorities in New Jersey have released the identity of the two children found dead in the backseat of their mother’s car on Tuesday, and a law enforcement source has shared harrowing details. NBC News reports that the deceased children have been identified as Samantha Ross, 7, and Paul Ross, 10 months old. As previously reported, …
A 4-year-old California boy is in critical condition and officials with the LA County Sheriff’s Department say his own foster mother is responsible for the child’s injuries. Maria Jacinto, the victim’s aunt, spoke to NBC 4 after her young nephew ended up in the hospital, allegedly after the boy’s foster mother beat him within inches of …
Investigators in Pennsylvania have unearthed the remains of two young children believed to have been last seen in 2015. Mary Sue Snyder, the mother of Jasman and Nicole Snyder, was arrested on Friday, according to PennLive.com, and charged with endangering the welfare of children and obstruction in child abuse cases, according to Old Lycoming Township …
A California father was arrested this week in the death of his 2-month-old daughter in September. Marcel James Taylor, 26, has been charged with murder and child abuse in the girl’s death, ABC7 reported. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to a Canyon Country apartment just before 3 a.m. on September …
An Alabama man is being held on a $10 million bond after his infant son was hospitalized with severe head trauma and other injuries earlier this week. Marterrius C. Moore, 22, has been charged with aggravated child abuse, WAFF reported, and he reportedly admitted to detectives that he injured the child on multiple occasions because …
A North Carolina woman was charged this week with severely abusing a 9-month-old infant she was babysitting. Destinee Ryan Agee, 24, was arrested on Thursday on a single count of intentional child abuse with serious bodily injury, according to a warrant filed in the case. The warrant said that the baby’s injuries included retinal hemorrhage …
A North Carolina nanny was arrested this week after she was seen on a nanny cam force-feeding a 2-year-old boy. Max Oglesby posted a short clip on Facebook of what he said was a two-hour video of the nanny, Lauren Rowe, wrenching his son’s arms behind him while forcing bites of a pot pie into …
Three young Indiana children “got hold” of a baggie of fentanyl pills this week and ingested them, leaving one toddler dead and two others hospitalized. Six people have been arrested in relation to the incident, including 3-year-old Kamari Opperman’s mother and grandparents. Emergency crews were called to the Evansville home Wednesday morning, the Courier & …
Kentucky police have arrested a woman whose 5-month-old son was reportedly found in the attic of her home on Tuesday. Kentucky State Police said in a statement that the infant is believed to have died on Monday at his home in Cadiz, though officers did not find him until a day later. The baby’s mother, …
