Faith-healing family charged with murder when newborn dies hours after birth
child endangerment
Sister of newborn’s mom is serving a jail sentence for the same thing
Family Crime
June 1, 2017
Police release 911 calls after toddler drowns in pool; Mom charged with felony murder
Bartow County, Georgia, authorities released the 911 calls made to the sheriff’s office after a 3-year-old toddler drowned in a family pool. Bobbie Jessica Prather, 32, was arrested and charged with felony murder after her toddler son was found unconscious in an an above ground swimming pool on May 28. According to the Bartow County Sheriff’s …
Family Crime
June 1, 2017
Brother allegedly tries to kill sister: 7-year-old now on life support with brain damage
A Philadelphia man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to kill his 7-year-old sister, who now is on life support and could be brain dead, WPVI-TV reports. The mother of the girl found her unconscious early Wednesday morning in the family’s basement with a bag over her head. According to police, Simere Alford, 18, allegedly …
Family Crime
May 31, 2017
‘I think she’s asleep’: Husband of woman who went overboard seems to have given up as friends, family question his story
Isabella Hellman has been missing since May 15
Family Crime
May 27, 2017
Neighbor opens fire at 1-year-old baby, grandparents because children playing outside were ‘too loud’: Police
The suspect told a mother and a small baby that they were going to die
Child Abuse
May 26, 2017
How did social workers ignore years of red flags before Adrian Jones death?
Kansas social workers and police were suspicious about how Adrian Jones’s stepmother abused the child for years before he was starved to death and fed to pigs, according to documents recently unsealed by a court. But a lack of coordination with Missouri officials apparently left the boy unprotected as the family moved across state lines. …
Family Crime
May 24, 2017
Husband dies after he jumps on wife’s car and she drives away
A New Jersey woman is facing charges in the death of her husband after she left the scene the car accident that killed him. According to the New York Post, Ammara Chaudhry, 33, of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, got into car and drove away during an argument with her husband, Daniel Offield, 35, on May 6. …
Child Abuse
May 23, 2017
Adrian Jones’s stepmom describes child abuse on Facebook, claims 7-year-old was psychopath
A year before Adrian was found, Heather made a reference about feeding a person to pigs
Family Crime
May 19, 2017
‘You’re going to die tonight’: Video released shows final moments before adoptive dad allegedly killed son
-Kentae Williams, 10, was laid to rest on Thursday.
-The child’s adoptive father, Leon Williams Sr., is accused of beating him and drowning him in the bathtub.
-Witnesses heard the child’s father threaten him on the day he was killed.
-A shocking video captured Kentae’s last moments before his death.
-Kentae died in an apartment in Decatur, Georgia.
-Godmother: “I want justice for Kentae.”
-The father is behind bars, charged with Kentae’s murder.
-Three child protection services workers were fired after the boy’s death.
-Kentae was taken away from his mother at age 3 by Family and Children Services (DFACS).
-His mother unsuccessfully for years to bring him back home and get him out of “the system.”
Drug Crime
May 19, 2017
Boy turns father in after finding drugs
An 11-year-old Massachusetts boy helped police catch a suspected heroin dealer: His own father. According to Fox 43, an 11-year-old boy from Lawrence called 911 after he found a suitcase full of illegal drugs wrapped in sandwich bags in their home. When investigators arrived, they identified the substance as heroin mixed with Fentanyl, a potent …
Child Abuse
May 17, 2017
Adrian Jones torture, murder prompts lawmakers to reconsider homeschooling rules
After a homeschooled child was brutally tortured and abused for years before he starved to death, a Kansas prosecutor is arguing for new regulations that better protect children who are not enrolled in school and therefore may not have outside witnesses who might pick up on abuse or neglect. The horrific abuse and murder of …
Drug Crime
May 16, 2017
Fourth grader dies of massive cocaine overdose
Marcus Lee was at his mother’s house when he overdosed. She has now hired a lawyer and is no longer communicating with police.