A jury reached a partial verdict in connection with Maya Hernandez, a California mother who left her son inside a hot car while she visited a Bakersfield spa. According to KBAK, a Kern County jury convicted Hernandez on two counts of child endangerment Thursday. They deadlocked on second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. The jurors questioned …
A Texas mother and grandmother were arrested last week after a toddler was seen on camera roaming in the woods wearing only a dress and no shoes. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said it was called by a property owner who saw the little girl on a game camera in the early hours of December …
A Missouri couple have been charged in what police say is one of the worst child abuse case they’ve ever investigated. The investigation began months ago when one of their three children arrived at school with a significant cut, KMOV reported. When Amberly Britton and Mark Myers failed to respond to attempts to contact them, …
A Pennsylvania couple was arrested earlier this month after their 13-year-old son was hospitalized twice in one week with severe episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). An affidavit said the boy has type 1 diabetis, autism, ADHD, and hypoglycemia unawareness and requires adult supervision over all aspects of his diabetes management, according to The Daily Voice. …
A babysitter has been charged causing serious injuries to child she was caring for and washing the baby’s clothes in an attempt to hide the evidence. A criminal complaint says that Amanda Greger, 37, was caring for the girl overnight on November 9 at her mother’s home while the mother worked, WXIX reported. When the …
An Ohio mother appeared in court this week to face that she has medically abused her two-year-old son in a near constant basis since he was born. Jennifer Parker, 43, has been charged with three counts of child endangerment, WLWT reported. “Meaning that she engaged in a pattern of the overutilization of inappropriate medical care …
A California daycare owner is facing charges after a 5-month-old died in her care earlier this month. According to CBS News, the incident happened at the Cherished Years Daycare in Manteca on October 22. First responders arrived at the daycare for an unresponsive infant, identified as Christian Olvera. Christian passed away on October 24 at …
A 12-year-old Texas boy came home from school on Friday to an empty apartment, with his family gone. According to KWKT, Copperas Cove police were called to a neighbor’s home, where the boy had gone after finding his mother, Erica Renee Sanders, and her boyfriend, Keven Dwayne Adams, gone. He told the officer that Sanders …
New details have emerged during a bond hearing in Pennsylvania Monday, in connection with an Ohio woman accused of torturing her 7-year-old son. According to Cleveland.com, Allegheny County Magisterial District Judge Daniel J. Konieczka denied bond for Tiarika Baymon, 32. She’s currently behind bars at the Allegheny County Jail. Along with endangering the welfare of …
An eastern Kentucky woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a minor after she allegedly left her 2- and 4-year-old child alone for several hours while she went drinking. Pikeville Police said they were called to an apartment just after 9 p.m. on Monday for a report of a domestic incident in progress, …
A Vermont couple was arrested last month after investigators found crack cocaine in the systems of their three children. According to WCAX, a Franklin county sheriff’s deputy spotted a truck at a Park and Ride in Georgia, Vermont, with its lights on. Inside, the deputy found Travis Dashnow, 41, and Jena Mays, 29, and their …
A Pennsylvania couple was arrested this week after an investigation determined that they had failed “to provide the necessary follow-up care for their newborn premature twins and feeding them so little that they became dangerously malnourished.” The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said the twins, born on October 7, 2024, at 32 weeks, weighed 3.74 …
