An apparently malnourished 4-year-old boy with burns on his chest died Sunday night in Harlem. Police were called to the apartment just after 7:30 p.m. Sunday night and found the unconscious child. He was taken to NYC Health + Hospital/Harlem, where he died, sources told WPIX. The boy’s mother was taken into custody. The investigation …
Colorado authorities have identified remains found in a freezer earlier this year as a girl who was last seen in April 2005 when she was 16-years-old. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said the new owner of the home was giving away the freezer in January, and a person came to claim it, finding the human …
A northern Kentucky woman was arrested Wednesday after police found her mother’s dismembered body in the backyard of their home in Robertson County. Kentucky State Police said that a witness called troopers to the home at about 12:30 p.m. after he found what he believed to be the body of Trudy Fields in the backyard, …
Las Vegas police are looking for clues to the death of a woman found stuffed into a suitcase early Thursday morning. The Clark County coronor’s office identified the woman as Kristen Avelar, 46, the Las Vegas Review-Journal said. Police said they responded to a call just before 4:30 a.m. Thursday near an apartment complex near …
A body found in a suitcase in Washington late last month has been identified as a woman who vanished last year. On September 27, outreach workers reportedly discovered Shannon Reeder’s body in a large suitcase at a homeless encampment in Seattle. KOMO reported that Reeder, 37, was found deceased days after a shooting at the …
The remains of a Missouri mom who was reported missing in April have been found in a wooded area on private property. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the remains were found by the property owner on Saturday and confirmed to be Emily Strite, 34, by the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The sheriff’s office said …
A California woman was arrested on Friday, a day a dead baby’s body was found in a parking lot. LodiNews.com reported that a Commissary Azteca employee discovered the deceased baby in Lodi. Police said an investigation determined Kathryn Copeland, 29, had abandoned the newborn. Copeland’s relationship to the baby has not been disclosed. It is …
New York authorities are investigating after a 2-year-old boy was reportedly found dead on Monday and his twin brother was hospitalized. Monroe County Sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Brendan Hurley said the toddler boy was pronounced dead after emergency crews were called to a Hilton home concerning a child having a seizure. Hurley said the deceased boy’s …
An investigation is underway in New York after a baby was reportedly found dead in a restaurant bathroom on Monday. Sources told the New York Post that the unidentified baby was discovered in a bathroom at Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine in Manhattan. It is currently unclear whether this is a criminal matter as it is unknown …
An investigation is underway in California after a deceased baby was found in a parking lot on Thursday. An employee at Commissary Azteca in Lodi told LodiNews.com that he discovered the body while eating lunch outside. The employee, who reportedly spotted the baby between two cars parked by a wall, called the police after alerting …
North Carolina police have denied lynching allegations after a Black man was reportedly found dead last Wednesday with a rope around his neck. Javion McGee, 21, a delivery truck driver from Illinois, was found seated at the base of a tree in Vance County with a rope wrapped around his neck. WRAL reported that authorities …
New York officials said on Thursday that they identified human remains found in a suitcase two days earlier. Suffolk County police said Seikeya Jones’ body was left in a suitcase, along a wooded road, behind an apartment building in Huntington. Jones, 31, was homeless and reported missing on August 16, according to WABC. Residents at …
