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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Police in central Illinois are confronting a new reality that Robert Bee, Jr., will most likely not be found safely, and appear resigned to the strong possibility that it was the missing 13-year-old boy’s remains found on a property near a wooded area in Pekin earlier this week. Peking Police Detective Seth Ranney told the …
Authorities arrested an Arizona man after he reportedly bit his little girl and left her stranded in a desert area on Saturday with no shoes or water. Rare reports that Christopher Charles Watson, 28, allegedly forced his 10-year-old daughter out of his truck after getting into an argument with her. He reportedly left her in a …
North Carolina police have made an arrest after a woman allegedly came home to find her 7-year-old daughter covered in blood after a violent sexual assault, according to the Independent. The woman immediately had a suspect in mind for the alleged brutality, leading investigators to 28-year-old Brentley Jason Byers, a man her daughter refers to …
Toronto, Canada, police want the message spread to parents that a woman convicted of poisoning four children walked out of prison on Monday, and although she’ll be closely monitored, authorities want to the public to remain diligent in watching their children. CTV News reports that prison officials released Christine Allen, 36, on Monday afternoon. Allen served four …
A woman who admitted to raping children and helping her husband do the same will spend time behind bars. Holly Greiner, 31, was sentenced Monday to five to 15 years in prison and an additional 15 years of probation after confinement, York Dispatch reports. The sentence comes after Greiner pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary …
Three people have been charged in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Alabama after her 7-year-old sister alerted a neighbor who ended the assault. Adults had allegedly plied the 14-year-old victim with booze, which rendered the girl “semi-conscious” during the attack, the Times Daily reports. Police told that newspaper that the alleged rape …
The elderly man allegedly offered the 13-year-old girl money for sex acts and also threatened to hurt her if she didn’t comply
A Georgia woman is behind bars after she reportedly left her young daughter alone at home in a decrepit apartment, devoid of food, on Saturday. NBC 11Alive reports that James Fisher, neighbor of an 11-year-old girl and her mother at a Marietta apartment off of Bells Ferry Road, received a knock on his door at around 7 …
