An 11-month-old baby was found dead Monday morning in remote New Mexico after an overnight search. The child’s mother reported them missing Sunday night, KRQE reported, and officials are investigating the death as a homicide. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said the baby was reported missing late Sunday evening and was found dead just …
An Illinois mother and her boyfriend have been charged with murder in the death of her 8-year-old son, who was found malnourished and with bruises on his body. Investigators said that 38-year-old Joey L. Ruffin even made videos of himself punishing Markell Pierce, WLS reports. Prosecutors told a judge on Monday that Ruffin admitted hitting …
A 24-year-old Indiana man reportedly researched how to beat a polygraph after his newborn son was brought to the hospital with injuries that ultimately caused his death. Oliver Clayton Lee Young is charged with neglect of a dependent, aggravated battery, and domestic battery. WPTA reports. Court records show the neglect and aggravated battery charges include …
A Wisconsin woman facing charges in her 12-year-old son’s death late last year claims that his rapid weight loss — he weighed just 56 pounds when he died — was because he had a terminal illness. Prosecutors, however, say Tina Beauprey simply didn’t feed or care for the boy, WLUK reports. Beauprey appeared in court …
A 43-year-old Florida woman has been arrested for the death of her 4-year-old son. Diana Cullom has been charged with first degree murder in the case, which began when a 16-year-old girl came home from school and found her mother holding the dead boy in a bed, BayNews9 reported. She saw blood throughout the house …
A Brooklyn woman was arrested on Sunday afer police found a 1-month-old baby dead in her home. New York Police said Gynae Kendall was charged with concealment of a corpse after police were called to her apartment on Saturday evening, WPXI reported. The baby was identified as Adonnys Kendall. WPXI said that police said Kendall …
An 18-year-old Minnesota day care worker has been arrested for the death of an 11-month-old baby in her care at the Rocking Horse Ranch childcare center. Police said that Theah Loudemia Russell admitted to suffocating Harvey Muklebust last September and reportedly told investigators she did so as an attention-seeking measure, the Prior Lake News Compass …
An woman convicted last year after her boyfriend’s 9-year-old daughter was found sealed into a tote in a Kentucky storage facility has been brought to Indiana to face further charges. Chyanne Porter pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and two counts of criminal abuse of a child under 12 years …
A 24-year-old California woman has been arrested after police found her 15-month-old daughter at a Santa Monica apartment with “significant injuries” involving a frying pan. Santa Monica police did not describe the nature of those injuries, however, saying that the LA County Medical Examiner would determine cause and manner of death, KABC reported. Police said …
A coroner released the cause of death of a 13-year-old Kansas boy found dead in a creek bed in Missouri on December 22. The Wyandotte County, Kansas, Coroner’s Office said Airen Andula died from multiple dog bites, WDAF reported. Andula was reported missing on December 21 and had been last seen riding his bike in …
An Ohio mother has been charged with murder after she allegedly admitted to police that she put a bag over her 3-year-old daughter’s head and suffocated her. A 911 call came in at about 5:30 Wednesday afternoon, and Columbus Division of Police officers arrived to find the toddler, Cassidy Sakoulos, unresponsive., WBNS reports. The toddler …
Three women have been charged in connection with the death of a 6-year-old North Carolina girl who weighed just 27 pounds at death earlier this month. Court records also show that the girl, Dominique Moody, had multiple injuries and scarring at the time of her death, the Charlotte Observer reported. According to the records, she …
