Child Abuse

UPDATE: 7-week-old baby snatched from hospital after signs of abuse found SAFE. Parents are behind bars [Police]

 UPDATE: 7-week-old baby snatched from hospital after signs of abuse found SAFE. Parents are behind bars [Police]
Child Abuse

A now 8-week-old who disappeared from a Pennsylvania hospital last week has been found safe, according to police. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that infant Ambrose Klingensmith was found in Tennessee with his parents, Daemon Klingensmith, 23, and Jeannette Funnen, 32, and his toddler brother. The Lewisburg Police Department in Tennessee found the family on Tuesday afternoon …

‘Didn’t want that f**king baby anyway’: Mom films herself blowing smoke in baby’s face, shaking & dropping her [Docs]
Child Abuse
September 30, 2019

‘Didn’t want that f**king baby anyway’: Mom films herself blowing smoke in baby’s face, shaking & dropping her [Docs]

A Tennessee mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly filming herself smoking in her 1-month-old daughter’s face in addition to lifting her in the air with one hand and shaking her. WTVC reported that Chattanooga Police responded to Tybresha Sexton’s residence on Sunday after people alerted them to the video, which was live-streamed on Facebook. …

Mom blames ex for breaking cutting board over child’s head. Both arrested for ‘despicable, disgusting’ acts of child abuse: Police
Child Abuse
September 20, 2019

Mom blames ex for breaking cutting board over child’s head. Both arrested for ‘despicable, disgusting’ acts of child abuse: Police

A southern Indiana woman and her now ex-boyfriend have been arrested and charged with “heinous, despicable, disgusting” acts of child abuse, Scott County Sheriff Jerry Goodin told WLKY on Friday. Matthew Mosier, 37, and Hannah Graves, 28, were arrested Thursday after an investigation that began in August when the Indiana Department of Child Services got …

Little boy dies after grandmother admits she didn’t call 911 after hitting him: Police
Child Abuse
September 20, 2019

Little boy dies after grandmother admits she didn’t call 911 after hitting him: Police

An Ohio woman is facing charges after she hit her grandson, causing his death, police say. ABC 13 reports that Toledo Fire responded to numerous calls on September 19 about a child who supposedly “fell off of a bed.” After administering CPR they took the boy to Toledo Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Doctors …

Parents jailed after infant daughter sustains suspicious, near-fatal head injuries: Docs
Child Abuse
September 19, 2019

Parents jailed after infant daughter sustains suspicious, near-fatal head injuries: Docs

A Colorado couple is facing criminal charges months after their infant daughter was reportedly hospitalized with various head injuries. KKTV obtained arrest papers which stated that Nasair Hall and Lauren Hall, 21 and 20, were recently jailed as the result of an investigation that started on July 13. According to the documents, an ER doctor …

‘Unfit for anyone to live in’: Cops serving eviction notice find 4 children in filthy home filled with trash & rotten food [Police]
Child Abuse
September 18, 2019

‘Unfit for anyone to live in’: Cops serving eviction notice find 4 children in filthy home filled with trash & rotten food [Police]

A Kentucky couple was arrested Monday night after authorities reportedly found their four children living in a filthy home full of trash and spoiled food. A Facebook post from the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said that deputies were serving a writ of possession as part of an eviction process to Christopher and Brandy Bowling, 39 …

Night shift nurse fractures skulls of premature babies in intensive care
Bad Doctors
September 17, 2019

Night shift nurse fractures skulls of premature babies in intensive care

A former nurse in Wisconsin admitted on Monday to abusing nine infants in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from March 2017 to February 2018. WKOW reported that Christopher M. Kaphaem, 43, pleaded guilty to 19 felony charges for the child abuse he committed while working at Meriter Hospital. Dane County District Attorney Ismael …

Couple abuse daughter for years by chaining her to bed, withholding food & water: Police
Child Abuse
September 1, 2019

Couple abuse daughter for years by chaining her to bed, withholding food & water: Police

A 15-year-old Utah girl told police her parents have been torturing her for years, including chaining her to a bed at night, KTVX-TV reports. Kimberly Marie Tutt, 35, and Trev Jordan Tutt, 33, are now facing felony child abuse charges. A police officer in Ogden, Utah, interviewed the girl and noted that she appeared small …

Director abuses children at fake, unaccredited school for ‘troubled kids,’ passes herself off as a psychiatrist: Police
Child Abuse
August 26, 2019

Director abuses children at fake, unaccredited school for ‘troubled kids,’ passes herself off as a psychiatrist: Police

There have been 30 police reports against a fraudulent Georgia “school” and now, its director is facing a slew of felony charges. Atlanta’s ABC Channel 2 reports that on Friday, a grand jury indicted Rommys Beltran, the former director of Advancing Youth Academy on Holcomb Bridge Road in Alpharetta, on 29 charges, including child cruelty, theft, …