Toddler boy dead with piece of skull missing from apparent gunshot wound
Father charged with child endangerment as investigation continues. He told police he believed the 2-year-old boy hit his head while jumping on the bed.
Father charged with child endangerment as investigation continues. He told police he believed the 2-year-old boy hit his head while jumping on the bed.
A Pennsylvania mother has been charged after an infant she was caring for ingested heroin while the caregiver was sleeping. Sara Tate, 32, has been charged with aggravated assault, child endangerment, tampering with evidence, and drug possession, TribLive reported. The baby, a 9-month-old girl who has not been named, was admitted to the the intensive …
Authorities in Connecticut arrested a woman who allegedly attacked a mother Monday before throwing the victim’s 8-month-old daughter in a dumpster. The New Haven Police Department said in a Facebook post that they believe suspect Andiana Velez, 24, is the infant’s babysitter. A maintenance worker found the baby inside a dumpster at the Presidential Gardens …
A Pennyslvania couple was arrested this week after probation officers found their 6-year-old child in a bedroom surrounded by rotting food, trash, and an “abundance of flies.” In fact, trash was everywhere in the Altoona home, according to the complaint against Travis J. Huff, 35, and Amanda M. Huff, 36, along with more rotting food …
Two former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services were arrested in connection with AJ Freund, a 5-year-old boy reportedly beaten and killed by his parents in 2019. Northwest Herald reports that McHenry County police arrested Carlos Acosta, 54, and Andrew Polovin, 48, Thursday afternoon on felony charges. Acosta was a McHenry County Board member …
An Ohio couple was arrested this week for allegedly torturing a 7-year-old girl over a period of seven months last year, including padlocking the little girl into a dog cage, Cleveland.com reports. A grand jury in Canton indicted Derek Mayle, 30, and Lillian Cottrell, 29, Monday on charges of endangering children. Court records say the …
A Kentucky man is behind bars after he tried to sell a young boy at a convenience store while allegedly high on meth. According to the Kentucky State Police, 29-year-old Harry Day pleaded guilty Monday to human trafficking, 10News reports. The incident happened at a Speedy Mart gas station in Corbin, where Day attempted to …
An Oklahoma woman recently diagnosed with postpartum depression was arrested over the weekend and accused of stabbing her 11-day-old baby and husband, KFOR reports. The husband said he shoved Victoria Shane Matheson away from the baby, and she stabbed him before he could wrestle the knife from her. The infant was eventually taken to a …
A special task force of a Michigan sheriff’s office located seven missing kids Friday night, including a 16-year-old girl they found locked in a barn. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said the team — known as GHOST, the Genesee Human Oppression Strike Team — swept over the county looking for children reported by other agencies …
A Texas couple is behind bars after police found a week-old baby inside a five-gallon bucket of tar over the weekend. Dallas Morning News reports that authorities arrested Donna and Roland Grabowski, the parents of a week-old baby, Micah, on Saturday. According to Sheriff Jim Skinner, authorities were alerted and arrived at the couple’s home …
The parents of a 13-year-old Pennsylvania boy jailed for allegedly shooting his younger brother to death have also been jailed, charged with felony child endangerment. Mark Snyder and Stacey Renee Wright-Snyder were arraigned Friday in Waynesboro, CBS 21 News reports. Snyder isĀ being held on $100,000 bail, while Wright-Snyder’s bail was set at $75,000. As …