A Pennsylvania man is facing multiple criminal charges after police say he backed over his mother in her own car as he stole it and drove away. According to Fox News, 23-year-old John Spencer is accused of taking the 2008 Chevrolet Impala from his mother’s home in the Pittsburgh area on Monday evening. A neighbor …
An Australian man is accused of shooting his own two children to death and then turning the gun on himself, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Authorities say the victims, 13-year-old Jennifer Edwards and 15-year-old Jack Edwards, were gunned down by their 67-year-old father, John Edwards, in Sydney on Thursday. The kids had been at the …
An 11-year-old South Carolina boy is accused of intentionally setting his home on fire with his family inside and then attempting to flee, the Myrtle Beach Sun News reports. Police are investigating why the child started the fire, which occurred at a home on July 5 in Socastee, South Carolina, near Myrtle Beach. The home …
Authorities are facing an uphill battle in the search for a fourth suspect in the murder of 10-year-old Victoria Martens — and the unknown person is believed to have been more directly involved in the brutal attack than two of the suspects already in custody. On August 24, 2016, Victoria was found burning in a …
A Louisana father is facing criminal charges after he allegedly threw his three children out of his car before driving off while one held onto the bumper. NOLA.com reported that Kenneth Watson, 57, was spotted suddenly stopping at an intersection and forcing three children out his car on the evening June 29. Witnesses claimed the children …
A Missouri man who prosecutors say is a suspect in the death of a 2-year-old child is in jail after his 8-year-old daughter showed signs of severe abuse. KY3 reports that Kenneth R. Davis, 32, was arrested in Springfield, Missouri, and charged with multiple counts of abuse after his daughter and additional witnesses said he had …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 10-year-old Southern California boy was starved and tortured for days before his death, sometimes by younger brothers and sisters forced to take part in the beatings, according to prosecutors who have charged his mother and her boyfriend with his murder. KNBC-TV on Tuesday cited court documents that alleged vicious and repeated abuse …
Arizona police say a 92-year-old mother shot and killed her son on Monday inside their Maricopa County apartment when he attempted to place her in an assisted living home. According to a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office news release, Anna Mae Blessing was distraught and angry for days after learning her son, 72, planned to put her …
‘I aroused him in the morning while he was absent-minded, then used the knife.’
“What these individuals did to this child is unimaginable!”
Two polygamists, both former leaders of a secluded religious sect in Canada, were placed on house and probation on Tuesday, following polygamy convictions. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Sheri Ann Donegan sentenced Winston Blackmore, 61, the father of 149 children, to six months under house arrest, followed by a year …
The mother of a 10-year-old boy who died under suspicious circumstances in California last week has been charged with murder and torture, NBC News reports. Heather Barron of Lancaster was reportedly arrested and charged on Friday with torture and murder in connection to the death of her 10-year-old son Anthony Avalos. The boy was found …
