Alicia Kozakiewicz, who survived a horrific abduction as a child in 2002, met K9 Kozak on Tuesday. Kozak is “an electronic detection canine named in Alicia’s honor,” according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. On January 1, 2002, Scott Tyree, 38, lured Kozakiewicz, 13 at the time, from her family home after the pair met …
Police in South Carolina on Tuesday arrested a Florida woman and charged with killing an infant more than a decade ago. Jennifer Sahr, 32, will be charged with one count of homicide by child abuse in the death of a child known only as Baby Boy Horry, the Horry County Police Department said. Utility workers …
An Oklahoma mother is behind bars after police say she abused her infant after she allegedly got fed up with the baby’s cries. On October 7, 2019, a child abuse report was filed against Lea Robinson, NBC 2 reports. According to court documents, the report was filed after a 1-month-infant was admitted at Saint Francis …
A Florida school employee was arrested Monday for failing to report a co-worker who left a 12-year-old student with serious injuries when he bodyslammed him, according to reports. The Tampa Bay Times reported that the incident occurred on February 11 at AMIkids, an alternative school in Pinellas Park. The unidentified behavioral interventionist allegedly body-slammed the …
A state university dean was among 14 men arrested for sex crimes against children during a four-day sting operation in south Georgia, the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department said Monday. Keith Walters, 44, was placed on administrative leave from his job as a chemistry professor at Valdosta State University (VSU) and was stripped of his title …
Nevada police have arrested three men and a woman in Pahrump, charging them with 137 counts of child abuse, sexual assault, and pornography between them, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said it began its investigation on January 17, but did not say what prompted the investigation, nor did it say when …
A Texas mother and her boyfriend have been charged with capital murder in the death of her 3-year-old son, who was brought to a hospital Tuesday with severe bruising over most of his body and an internal body temperature of only 81 degrees, KCBD reported. Because of the severity of his injuries, Elijah Lebario was …
A Virginia woman who fatally beat her 11-year-old daughter so severely that it split her stomach open was sentenced to 30 years in prison this week. Latoya Smith, 35, pleaded guilty to felony homicide and child abuse or neglect in the May 2018 slaying of Heaven Watkins. WVEC reported that she was sentenced on Friday …
A North Carolina couple was arrested this week intentional child abuse causing serious bodily injury after their 2-year-old child was found severely malnourished with multiple fractures and brain injuries. Jade Newman, 21, and Delane Bostic, 25, made their first court appearance in Fayetteville on Friday and were ordered held on $250,000 bond each, ABC 11 …
Texas police arrested the mother of a girl who was found dead inside her home on Friday, hours after she posted a joke on Facebook about killing a spouse. Authorities in Bay City, Texas, were asked to perform a welfare check around 2:30 p.m. Friday at the apartment of 26-year-old Lauren Kay Dean, KTRK-TV reports. Inside, officers …
A 1-year-old Alabama toddler is “barely clinging to life,” according to police, after his mother and stepfather allegedly beat and starved him. Al.com reports that the boy’s mother, Maria Francisco Huang, 27, was arrested Monday. The boy’s stepfather, Jose Morales-Calvo, 28, was arrested Tuesday. Both are facing Class A felony charges of aggravated child abuse. …
Alabama family members accused of locking up their five children in metal cages are the focus of a new true crime episode of Dr. Oz, with CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace joining in. As CrimeOnline previously reported, three people were arrested in January after deputies conducting a welfare check at a home in eastern Alabama. Authorities found …
