Mom Left Her Children Alone in Texas FOR MONTHS While She Went to Alabama. Now She’s Behind Bars.
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Raven Yates reportedly wanted to apply lipstick before her photo was taken when she was arrested.
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March 11, 2023
1-Hour-Old Newborn Stuffed Inside Gas Station Bathroom Trash, Found Alive
A newborn baby was found crying inside a bathroom trash can at a California gas station, leading to the arrest of a woman allegedly responsible for abandoning the child, FOX 11 reports. Around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, a clerk at a Chevron station on West Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton discovered the baby and called authorities. “The …
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February 21, 2023
Pennsylvania Couple Charged With Letting Their 6 Kids Live in ‘Deplorable’ Conditions
A Pennsylvania couple has been charged with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of children after investigators found the family living in “horrid” conditions. Although Dana Elizabeth Ann Rause, 31, and Richard Kevin Rause Jr, 38, face the same six charges, the mother was given a bail five times that of her husband, at $250,000, …
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February 18, 2023
Caretaker Charged With ‘Violent Abuse’ of Her Own Children After Toddler in Her Care Dies
The caretaker of a 3-year-old girl who died after she was found “unresponsive in the bathtub with no water” early Friday morning has now been charged with “the violent abuse” of her own two children. Philadelphia Police said the bruised toddler was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead about an hour after she was …
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February 10, 2023
Mom Leaves Children Home Alone for Months, Posts on Social Media While Investigators Hunt for Her
Texas investigators are working with police in Alabama to find a mother accused of abandoning her two young children alone for nearly two months. Raven Yates, 31, says she is a “Mommy CEO,” recording artist, model, and actress on her social media accounts, where she has been regularly posting since she allegedly left her 12-year-old …
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February 9, 2023
Mom Arrested After Kindergartener Daughter Writes School Story About Her Shooting at Dad
‘Father hit mother in the eye’ before the shooting, the little girl’s story said, but the father was not arrested.
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December 28, 2022
Dad on the Run After Infant Overdoses in Home Littered With Heroin & Syringes
A Pennsylvania woman was arrested on Tuesday in connection with Monday’s suspected overdose of her 9-month-old child. Lehigh Valley Live reported that Easton EMS crews provided Narcan to a baby who was found not breathing due to an apparent opioid overdose. The baby was given a second dose of Narcan at the hospital, which was …
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November 28, 2022
Father Abandons 2-Pound Baby on Top of Stranger’s Car
A Connecticut man was arrested last week for leaving his newborn son on top of a stranger’s car in March. WSFB reported that troopers responded to a location in Mansfield after a baby was discovered wrapped in a towel and on top of a woman’s car hood. A subsequent investigation linked Jorge Grados, 41, to the …
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October 19, 2022
Charges Pending for Teen Mother of Infant Found Dead in Virginia Yard
Investigators in Halifax County, Virginia, found an infant dead in a yard early Tuesday evening. The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said it had identified the teen mother of the dead child — and the circumstances of the death, WDBJ reported. Detectives said they were waiting for a reported from the state Medical Examiner’s Office before …
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September 28, 2022
VIDEO: Mom Who Abandoned Autistic Son to ‘Save Him’ From Her Is Sentenced to Treatment, Not Jail
An Indiana woman who was arrested in February for abandoning her 5-year-old son in Ohio was sentenced on Tuesday to six months of mental health and substance abuse treatment. Heather Adkins, 33, was also ordered to complete three years of probation. She is still barred from contacting her son, who is nonverbal and autistic, according …
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September 28, 2022
Police Arrest Couple Wanted for Murder of Child in Ohio
A mother and father were arrested this week on 26 charges related to the 2016 death of an adopted child. John Snyder II and Katherine Snyder, both 51, were charged with murder in the death of 8-year-old Adam Snyder, who died from blunt force trauma to the head, according to Hamilton County, Ohio, Assistant Prosecutor …
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September 25, 2022
Father Abandons Infant in Texas Family’s Backyard Shed
A Texas father has been charged with abandoning or endangering a child after he left a baby girl in shed belonging to a Polk County family. John and Katharine McClain were awakened at about 3 a.m. Saturday morning by the sound of a neighbor’s truck driving away. When they checked their security camera, they saw …