Authorities alleged that a West Palm Beach, Florida, woman arrested after leaving four young children home alone also instructed them to lie on the floor and hide if anyone came to the door. Vanessa Lopez, 23, supposedly left the children, ages 7, 6, 1, and 11 months, alone for an hour Tuesday afternoon while at …
The AP’s 18-month investigation, supported by on-the-record interviews with 43 members of the sect, found decades of physical and emotional abuse inside the church.
The D.A. characterized the heinous crime as a “murder-rape fantasy”
A Florida woman who admitted to forcefully throwing an infant into his playpen is facing murder charges after the baby died from his injuries. Barbara Kendrick, 65, was originally charged with aggravated child abuse as Cooper Dubovik was hospitalized for a fractured skull. However, the charge was upgraded to murder following the 5-month-old’s death late …
The youngest alleged victims were toddlers
A 5-month-old is on life support after his babysitter violently threw him into a playpen Tuesday afternoon, authorities alleged. Detectives claimed Barbara Kendrick, 65, admitted to thrashing the infant—who was teething and had a fever—because he was fussy. The 65-year-old was taking care of the baby while his parents worked, according to WLTV. The 5-month-old …
A Concord, New Hampshire, woman is facing charges after authorities accused her of having a friend shoot her up with meth and heroin while she was delivering her baby. Details surrounding the case were released to the public for the first time on Wednesday. CBS Boston reports that Felicia Farruggia, 29, (pictured on the left) was …
An Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, day care worker is facing charges after a surveillance camera caught her pushing a young girl down a flight of stairs. CBS reports that the surveillance camera was installed just in time to capture 52-year-old Sarah Gable push the child, as she stood behind her at the Child Care of the Future daycare …
An Ohio couple allegedly overdosed on drugs in front of their children on February 27. Police recently released a dash cam video of the ordeal. Both were formerly charged on Monday, court documents confirm. ABC 7 reports that police knocked on Nathan Carroll’s door off of Westview Court, to check on his other kids after he was found passed …
A mother in Australia sat in a courtroom on Monday morning, facing allegations that she murdered her 3-year-old son in 2014. She’s accused of killing him because “he looked like his dad.” The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the unnamed woman reportedly told police that she killed son because she couldn’t connect with him. She …
Cigarette burns were found on the toddler’s foot
Nancy Grace plays the 911 call on the latest episode of Crime Stories
