Missing dogs raise more questions about Hart family murder-suicide investigation
Child Abuse
Hannah Hart and Devonte Hart are still missing, more than a month after their family members were found dead at the bottom of a cliff
Child Abuse
April 27, 2018
BREAKING: Colorado AMBER Alert girl found safe, kidnap suspect shot himself rather than surrender to police
A 12-year-old girl missing from Grand Junction, Colorado, has been found safe. KKTV 11 reports that Raeanna Rosencrans was found Thursday night at a Walmart in Rifle, Colorado. She appeared to have been physically unharmed and was taken to a hospital for a precautionary medical evaluation. Her stepfather and suspected abductor Jody Haskin was also located …
Family Crime
April 26, 2018
Entangled in custody drama, woman tries to kill young granddaughter and herself with sedatives
A New York grandmother convicted of trying to kill her 7-year-old granddaughter last October learned her fate this week. Stephany Ruckdeschel, 54, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder and was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison. According to the Democrat & Chronicle, Ruckdeschel was mired in a custody battle when she attempted to give the …
Child Abuse
April 26, 2018
BREAKING: AMBER Alert 12 year-old-girl kidnapped by suspected pedophile; person of interest identified
Authorities in Colorado have shared the identity of a man suspected of abducting a 12-year-old girl on Wednesday as she was walking home from school. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Raeanna Rosencrans, 12, was last seen getting into a car with a man who called out her name as she was walking with a friend in …
Family Crime
April 26, 2018
‘Mom’ films herself molesting toddler daughter, sells videos for drug money: Prosecutor
An Indiana mother is accused of recording herself molesting her three-year-old daughter and selling the videos for drug money. The child’s father told WAVE that he called the police after finding the disturbing footage on Jamie Simms’ phone. Court documents obtained by the news station stated that Simms was visiting the 3- and 1-year-old she shares …
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April 25, 2018
Prison for drug-addicted mom who caused SECOND infant daughter’s death
A Michigan mother who admitted to causing the death of her second baby learned her fate this week. Lisa Rae Bryan, 32, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 22 1/2 years in prison for the November 2016 death of her 1-month-old daughter, Isabella Powrozek. According to MLive, Bryan claimed she was breastfeeding Powrozek when she fell asleep and …
Family Crime
April 24, 2018
Authorities ID toddler remains found in discarded suitcase, arrest father: Cops
Authorities in New Jersey have identified the young girl’s body found in a suitcase near a train station earlier this month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the toddler’s remains were discovered on April 11 under a bridge near the Journal Square Transportation Center. Though initial estimates placed the girl’s age at about 10 months, authorities now …
Child Abuse
April 24, 2018
Jennifer Hart falsely claimed missing Hannah Hart was ‘morbidly obese’: New documents reveal chilling details about alleged abuse, neglect and starvation
The adoption appears to have been handled by an agency that is no longer in business
Family Crime
April 23, 2018
Newly released Hart family case records reveal further abuse allegations, hungry children allegedly forced to pose for Facebook photos
“After the photo event, they go back to looking lifeless,” a friend who reported Jennifer and Sarah Hart to human services said
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April 23, 2018
Mom killed in bizarre murder-suicide case falsely believed she had terminal cancer
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A couple who recently moved from Switzerland to Utah planned a murder-suicide that left their family of four dead, buying sleeping pills and researching shootings, according to a police report on the investigation into the deaths that was released this week. Jessica Griffith, 43, believed she had a terminal disease …
Family Crime
April 20, 2018
Woman pays hitman to kill married lover’s wife in BITCOIN: Police
A married Illinois woman was charged with one count of solicitation of murder for hire Wednesday after allegedly contracting a company on the dark web to kill her boyfriend’s spouse. According to the Chicago Tribune, Tina Jones, 31, of Des Plaines, reportedly made a $10,000 bitcoin payment in January to a spurious Internet company called Cosa …
Family Crime
April 19, 2018
Dad fatally shoots wife, kids, dog and himself after mom convinces him she’s dying: Cops
A Swiss woman apparently convinced her husband to move their family to Utah where they staged a murder-suicide that left them, their two children and pet dog dead last year, according to police. According to the Daily Herald 43-year-old Jessica Griffith reportedly told her husband she was dying and in great pain. She told Timothy …
