A Kansas mother wants answers weeks after her 4-year-old daughter came home from day care with three teeth missing and a busted lip. Donisha Franklin told WDAF that she noticed her daughter, Heaven, had returned from Kingdom Christian Academy Daycare on March 1 with a swollen nose. Upon further inspection, she reportedly discovered that three of …
As authorities continue to search for missing Kansas boy Lucas Hernandez, a new court document recently emerged that paints a horrific picture of child abuse, reportedly at the hands of the boy’s stepmother. The Wichita Eagle obtained a court document filed by a Sedgwick County prosecutor that details allegations of child abuse against Lucas’ stepmother, …
A Tempe, Arizona, mother was jailed Thursday after her two-year-old daughter allegedly ate macaroni and cheese made with THC butter. Per Arizona’s Family, Alaina Marie Limpert, 25, was arrested after someone in her household contacted Department of Child Safety about the child ingesting the laced mac and cheese while eating with her father on April 4. Limpert is …
New York City police arrested a Queens man Tuesday in connection with the beating death of his 3-year-old stepdaughter, prosecutors announced Tuesday. According to the New York Daily News, Marc Jenkins, 32, was charged with murder and assault charges after an autopsy determined that Bella Edwards died Monday from blunt force trauma to her abdomen. Law enforcement sources told …
A Rhode Island man was arrested last week, accused of breaking his 2-month-old daughter’s arms, legs, ribs, and collarbone. The Providence Journal reports that a suspect was arrested after the infant’s mother brought the girl to the hospital Wednesday with a broken right leg. Police said it was then and there that doctors determined that …
The fatal crash that killed at least five members of the same family in Northern California earlier this week appears to have been intentional, an investigating officer confirmed on Sunday. California Highway Patrol Acting Assistant Chief Greg Baart told KGW 8 News that investigators “do have reason to believe … that the crash was intentional,” …
A Maryland mother who said she was “overwhelmed” at the prospect of raising two autistic children reportedly told hospital staff that she “tried to kill her kids again” upon arriving earlier this month with an injured 11-year-old son, according to reports. The Miami Herald indicates 46-year-old Kristina Petrie arrived at an Olney medical center on …
A Kentucky mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly getting her 14-year-old daughter extremely intoxicated to teach her about the dangers of drinking alcohol. According to WKYT, Miranda Polston, 34, caught her teen daughter drinking alcohol on March 10 and decided to film her punishment. Somerset police said the video shows the girl being held in a …
The 12-year-old boy feared dead in an SUV crash that killed his parents and siblings reportedly begged neighbors to give him food because his parents were withholding it as a form of punishment. Devonte Hart and two of his sisters remain missing after the bodies of his parents, Sarah and Jen, both 38; and siblings Markis, …
An heir to the Anheuser-Busch beer company has been accused of physically assaulting his son’s sixth-grade classmate in Missouri. Billy Busch, 58, allegedly made the boy’s nose bleed, dragged him by his shirt and then held him against a wall before other adults stepped in, the Riverfront Times reports, citing police documents. Busch faces an assault …
A Texas jury this week found a woman guilty of felony injury to a child causing serious bodily injury in connection with her role in the 2015 death by starvation of a Dallas toddler. According to Fox News, Aracely Meza, 52, led 2-year-old Benjamin Aparicio’s parents to believe their son was possessed by a demon. …
A Raleigh, North Carolina, mother is behind bars after a now-viral video apparently caught her giving a marijuana joint to her infant daughter. Brianna Ashanti Loftin, 20, was officially charged Wednesday in connection with two December 2017 Facebook videos that allegedly showed her giving her 1-year-old daughter a brown cigarette or cigar. According to the News …
