California man pleads guilty to murdering 5-year-old son after Disneyland
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Search for the boy lasted for 2 months before his body was found near a lake
Child Abuse
July 31, 2017
WATCH: Daughter’s secret videos led to child abuse charges for parents of disabled children after decades of police complaints
The adopted daughter of a couple now in custody on child abuse charges recorded video of the violence in their Iowa home that helped lead to the arrests after dozens of reports over ten years. As CrimeOnline previously reported, John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, were arrested last week on charges of felony …
Family Crime
July 30, 2017
See it: Final photo of beautiful mother murdered on cruise ship released by family
The family of a Utah woman murdered aboard a Princess cruise ship last Tuesday released her final photo over the weekend. Kristy Manzanares, 39, of St. George, Utah, went aboard The Emerald Princess from Seattle to Alaska in what she thought was going to be a family celebration of her 18th wedding anniversary. Yet, sometime around or …
Child Abuse
July 30, 2017
‘Mom’ says she shot 6-year-old daughter to death to send her to heaven and protect her from aliens
A Virginia woman accused of gunning down her 6-year-old daughter told police she was trying to send the girl to heaven to protect her from aliens, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Darla Elizabeth Hise, 27, faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the shotgun killing of her daughter, Abigail Grace Hise, in their home …
Child Abuse
July 29, 2017
Ten years of police reports detail allegations of abuse, suicide attempts, molestation and total chaos at home of couple who adopted nine special needs children
A timeline of police reports connected to an Iowa home where a couple has been arrested for abusing their nine disabled children show a long history of abuse allegations that took years to result in criminal charges. As CrimeOnline previously reported, John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, of Ankeny, Iowa were arrested this …
Child Abuse
July 29, 2017
House of Horrors: ‘Parents’ finally arrested after 68 police reports alleging abuse of their nine special needs adopted children
An Iowa couple is accused of abusing their adopted, disabled children for years while receiving state subsidies for their care. According to the Des Moines Register, John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, were arrested and charged with felony child endangerment causing bodily injury on Thursday. The arrest reportedly followed a investigation into …
Family Crime
July 28, 2017
Police: ‘Mom’ throws newborn baby who died from meth overdose into dumpster
An Oklahoma mother is behind bars after police say she killed her own child and left him rotting in a dumpster. NewsOK reports that Katherine Green allegedly dumped her newborn baby boy into a trash can at her Enid mobile home after the infant died from a methamphetamine overdose. Authorities found the boy on April 9th, …
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July 28, 2017
‘Our kids are upstairs, please take care of them’: Madison Avenue chiropractor and his wife leap to their deaths together because of money concerns
A New York City couple jumped to their deaths in midtown Manhattan early Friday morning, and left notes blaming their suicide on overwhelming financial burdens. The New York Post reports that Glenn Scarpelli, 53, and his wife Patricia Colant, 50, leapt from the ninth floor of an office building in Murray Hill and were found dead on Madison …
child endangerment
July 28, 2017
NEW VIDEO: Teen who livestreamed sister’s fatal crash delivers shock not guilty plea
The teenager who livestreamed a fatal car crash that killed her younger sister has pled not guilty to DUI and manslaughter charges. Crimefeed has obtained video footage of Obdulia Sanchez’s arraignment via teleconference, in which she is read the litany of felony counts against her. Asked if she says she understands the charges, Sanchez, 18, …
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July 27, 2017
Ex-cheerleader charged with burying living newborn in backyard, but faces just 5 years if convicted
An 18-year-old former cheerleader accused of burying her live newborn baby in her parents backyard faces no more than five years in prison if convicted on the reckless homicide charge. The infants remains were found on July 14 after a doctor called police, triggering a search at the home in Carlisle, Ohio, located between Cincinnati and …
Family Crime
July 27, 2017
Father restrains son and his mother with zip ties, stabs 4-year-old boy to death before killing himself
A four-year-old boy and his father are dead, and the mother critically injured, in an apparent murder-suicide in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the suspect, a man in his twenties, forced his way into his ex-girlfriend’s home on Wednesday evening and restrained her and their four-year-old son with zip ties before …
Family Crime
July 27, 2017
Teen boy brutally murders mother with hammer, knife — and texts photos of her corpse to a friend before drinking bleach
The suspect texted his friend to say that his life was over