An Arizona man was found guilty Wednesday of leaving his wife’s 10-year-old cousin in a footlocker overnight to suffocate and die. Now, a jury is tasked with deciding whether he’ll be put to death for his crimes. The Republic reported that a Maricopa County Superior Court jury found John Allen, 29, guilty of first-degree murder, three …
A jury indicted a Pensacola, Florida, woman for first-degree felony murder for allegedly sitting on her 9-year-old cousin until she died. The Pensacola News Journal reported that Veronica Green Posey, 64, was indicted Tuesday in connection with the death of Dericka Lindsay. Authorities believe Posey was punishing the girl for “acting out” toward her adoptive parents, Grace Joan …
Police have charged a 59-year-old Florida man after they say he impregnated a 14-year-old disabled girl, Crime Watch Daily reported. Investigators arrested Carlos Carrizales of Frostproof, Florida after a DNA test reportedly proved he is the father. “This monster committed one of the most egregious crimes fathomable. There is nothing we can say about this …
A 14-year-old Nevada boy is dead and police say his father is to blame. According to KSNV, Giovanni Melton was fatally shot Thursday in a Henderson apartment his family said he lived in alone despite being a minor. Police believe the victim’s father, Wendell Melton, 53, shot his son. Sources close to the teen say …
Following a manhunt Friday, a North Carolina man turned himself in to face allegations that he used his ice cream truck to sexually assault multiple children. According to WNCN, Durham police announced they were looking for 51-year-old Isam Fathee Mohamed Rahmah after the parents of two boys reported the suspected abuse. The mother of one …
A Michigan husband and wife violently raped a young teen girl and forced her to eat cigarettes, authorities say. Prosecutors have charged Kyle David Roy, 33, and Jennifer Edith Roy, 46, with eight felony charges in connection with the alleged abuse, Mlive.com reports. The abuse allegedly occurred between November 2014 and October 2016 at their …
A 10-year-old Tennessee boy allegedly fatally stabbed himself in the chest with a kitchen knife after his mother beat and choked him with an extension cord. The Commerical Appeal reported that police were called to a Frayser home Saturday afternoon and discovered Jaheim McKinzie suffering from chest wounds. The boy was rushed to a hospital where …
Investigators told CrimeOnline that a former Georgia pastor who molested two young girls inside his church will ask a judge next week for a new trial following his recent conviction. A jury found John Aubrey Pinkston, 78, guilty in 2015 on two counts of child molestation, WGCL reported. The former pastor is reportedly serving a …
Texas authorities said a San Antonio-area couple disciplined their three children by demanding they brush their teeth with cat feces, using a thorny switch to beat them and punishing them by using a shock collar, WXIN reports. James Chalkley, 32, and Cheyanne Chalkley, 22, are reportedly charged with injury to a child and are in …
A North Carolina couple is behind bars on felony child abuse charges after authorities reportedly found a baby inside their home wearing a maggot-filled diaper, and six other children in their care living in squalor. The Dispatch reports that Cpt. Michael Hunt with the Lexington Police Department said that officers arrived to a home at 410 Irma …
Roman Polanski was met with a group of protesters when he was honored for his cinematic achievements in France, according to the Guardian. Polanski, who fled the U.S. decades ago as he was facing sentencing for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl, was honored in Paris on Monday with a retrospective of his films. …
A husband and wife in New York pleaded guilty to an array of abuses inflicted on a young girl in their care over a period of several months. According to the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin, 28-year-old Justin Crandall and 27-year-old Jessica Crandall faced an impending trial Friday when they both accepted deals to plead …
