The parents of a 2-year-old Indiana girl are facing multiple charges after the toddler was found dead in a closet where temperatures reached 109 degrees. Berne Police officers responded to a call about a death on November 27 and found a trashy apartment littered with garbage that made it difficult to navigate, WANE reported. They …
A 17-year-old Georgia girl was arrested over the weekend after a family member caught her digging a hole in the backyard to bury her newborn baby. A warrant says that Leticia Rodriguez wrapped the infant in a blanket and then put the body into a grocery bag, concealing the death for about 6 hours after …
A California couple was arrested this week after their 10-year-old son was brought to a Moreno Valley hospital “in medical distress” and later died. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said the boy was brought to the hospital on Thursday by medics, and an initial investigation found “signs of possible neglect and abuse.” Several hours later, …
A Texas couple has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of their 3-year-old daughter on Thursday. The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the home in rural Donna, Texas, late Thursday afternoon. The toddler was taken to Edinburg Children’s Hospital but pronounced dead about an hour later. The sheriff’s …
An autopsy report for a 7-year-old Oklahoma girl who died in August reveals that the girl, who weighed less than 30 pounds at the time of her death, swallowed a baby bottle top, leading to her death. According to the autopsy report, the bottle lid blocked Violet Mitchell’s small intestine, causing a “failure to thrive” …
A Georgia couple awas arrested this week and charged with murder in the death of their 8-month-old daughter. Columbus Police began an investigation in late September after they were called about a deceased child, WTVM reported. They found the infant had been placed on a mattress on a love seat and rolled off, becoming wedged …
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., …
