A former employee of Florida’s Department of Children and Families has been arrested after her 13-year-old daughter was found dead, “extremely emaciated and obviously malnourished” and “covered in wounds in all stages of healing.” Highlands County Sheriff Paul Blackman said the girl was found nude except for a diaper when deputies arrived after her mother, …
A West Virginia mother has been indicted on multiple charges related to the death of her 16-day old daughter this summer. Brooke Kessler, 33, told investigators she “probably” caused the the infant’s fatal injuries by squeezing her “too hard” while she was “irritated.” The little girl had “multiple, serious injuries,” West Virginia State Troopers said, …
A Massachusetts man charged in connectino with the death of his 4-year-old daughter last week was ordered held without bail on Wednesday after a judge deemed him too dangerous to release. Francisco Ortiz, 34, called 911 on October 15 and told officers his daughter had fallen from a kitchen table. The responding officer found the …
The parents of a 5-year-old girl have been arrested in Baltimore afte r the girl was found dead Monday afternoon. Police called the death “questionable” and charged the unnamed parents with first degree child abuse after responding officers saw signs of trauma on the dead girl, WBAL reported. Police removed three other children from the …
After three weeks on the run, an Oregon mother whose toddler daughter died of suspected fentanyl poisoning was captured Tuesday in Seaside. Mary Elizabeth Jacobo, 26, was involved in a car-jacking and other violent crimes since her daughter’s death in Portland, KGW reported. Jacobo was in possession of a gun when she was taken into …
Connecticut police are investigating after a 7-month-old baby died after being left unattended in a tub. Emergency crews were called to the East Haven home just after 9 p.m. on Sunday and found hte unresponsive child, WVIT reported. They attempted life-saving measures at the home and then rushed the baby to Yale New Haven Hospital., …
An Oklahoma child shot and killed another child after finding a loaded, unsecured gun in what the adults claimed was a “safe space.” The child who killed the other child was taken into custody but later released after police decided it was an “accidental shooting,” according to KJRH. Police also found what they called a …
A 29-year-old California woman has been arrested after a newborn baby was found dead in a Lodi parking lot last week. Kathryn Grace Copeland has been charged with concealing or attempting to conceal an accidental death, Lodi Police said. Employees of Commissary Azteca found the baby wile eating lunch on Thursday, as CrimeOnline reported. The …
A Tennessee grand jury has charged a Kingsport couple with murder in the death of their 4-month-old baby earlier this month. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to a home on September 15 for an infant not breathing, WCYB reported. The baby was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead. …
A Virginia father has been charged with the death of his 1-year-old son. Front Royal Police said they arrived at the home shortly after 2:30 p.m. to find emergency medical personnel preparing to take the infant to Warren Memorial Hospital, where the child was later pronounced dead. Police continued their investigation and eventually brought in …
The mother of a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy found dead last week after he disappeared in February says she is “devastated” at her son’s death. Katrina Baur issued a statement through her attorney from jail, where she is being held without bond on child neglect charges, as is her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, WGBA reported. As CrimeOnline …
