Authorities in Pennsylvania say a pair of babysitters are responsible for abusing a 7-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl during a six-day period last month. According to Fox News, authorities arrested 22-year-old Jakayo Scott Frye and 22-year-old Shyann Marie Hills, both of Towanda, on suspicion of several criminal counts including aggravated assault, false imprisonment, unlawful restraint, …
Authorities in Florida confirmed a young girl has died after someone threw her into a body of water in the Tampa area this week. According to Spectrum Bay News 9, authorities were notified of an emergency at the Hillsborough River along Columbus Drive on Thursday afternoon. Tampa police and and a trained diving team arrived …
An 8-month-old Massachusetts girl has died days after her father allegedly smacked her so hard that she stopped breathing multiple times. MassLive.com reported that father Daniel Torres, 28, will likely face new charges following the death of his infant daughter Lily. The 8-month-old, who police said died Monday evening, had been on life support since being admitted …
A Texas residential home for troubled boys was reportedly raided Wednesday as authorities investigated allegations of abuse and human trafficking, officials said Friday. Per the Burnet Bulletin, the children, ranging in age from 10 to 17, were removed from Joshua Home following a weeks-long investigation conducted by state and local authorities who executed a search warrant this …
A 2-year-old Georgia girl was pronounced dead Tuesday after her mother allegedly starved her to death as she danced for cash at a club. According to a press release, Gwinnett County Police Department responded to a call of a “person down” in Lilburn, located approximately 20 miles outside of Atlanta, when they came upon 2-year-old Reygan …
Utah prosecutors will seek the death penalty against two parents who allegedly starved their 3-year-old daughter to death last year and filmed themselves taunting her with food before she died. In recently filed court papers obtained by The Associated Press, the state filed a notice seeking the death penalty against Odgen parents Miller Costello, 25, and …
A couple in Green, Ohio, were arrested in June following a probe that police say reveals disturbing crimes involving the woman’s children, including the sexual assault of a 4-year-old boy caught on video surveillance. An investigation into Samantha Ward, 31, and her live-in boyfriend, Dean Davis, 28, began in April after a third party witnessed …
Twin 6-month-old boys in Indiana are recovering from extensive injuries they allegedly sustained months earlier at the hands of their father. WBND reported that Matthew Willet, 21, not only admitted in April to shaking and squeezing his two sons, Cooper and Jensen, but also confessed to dropping one of the babies on the bed and …
Authorities in Florida say a 28-year-old man raped a 12-year-old girl last year and allegedly got the victim pregnant. According to WPEC, Jorge Estuardo Cobon-Juarez was arrested after the girl gave birth earlier this month. After she was admitted to a West Palm Beach area hospital, she told staff that she was eight months pregnant. …
Authorities in Florida have arrested a 32-year-old father on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly crammed a baby wipe into his infant’s throat. According to Fox News, Michael Hurley was arrested after the 5-month-old boy’s mother returned to the house and claimed she found the suspect with his fingers in the child’s mouth. He …
Police have arrested an Arizona mother whose 1-year-old son died after allegedly being left alone for eight hours while she went to work. According to AZ Family, officers were called to a Phoenix home on July 14, following reports of an unresponsive child. There, they were met by mother Donielle Joyce King, 32, who led them …
Authorities in Texas say a would-be bank robber put a young child between her and officers when they arrived at the scene of the botched crime this week. According to Fox News, 36-year-old Evelyn Misumi allegedly went into a Bank of America branch in Murphy and poured gasoline throughout the lobby. As part of her …
