California authorities are investigating the death of a little girl who took her own life over the weekend, after learning bullying could have possibly played a role in the incident. Santa Ana investigators went to Hazard Elementary School on Monday, according to ABC 7, to figure out what may have happened to prompt 10-year-old Allison …
Schools in Helena, Montana, are on lockdown after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on an elementary school playground Tuesday morning. The Associated Press reports that the explosive device detonated early Tuesday at the Rossiter Elementary school playground. The report indicates that school was in session but Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton told …
A newborn baby was found buried alive in a suspected case of attempted infanticide. Citing international news sources, the Independent and the New York Post report that the infant was discovered in or near the city of Bareilly in India. A father who was burying his stillborn daughter reportedly heard the baby’s cries, and found …
A South Jersey community is reeling Sunday after a 10-year-old 4th grader was ejected from a carnival ride at a popular fall festival and later died from her injuries. New Jersey State troopers were called to the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival at about 6:15 p.m. Saturday, shortly after the girl fell off a ride known …
A girl’s body was found in a basement Monday morning, and police believe it’s the body of a Wyoming teen who disappeared on October 3. Daily Times reports that although an autopsy is pending, authorities likely found the body of 16-year-old Shayna Ritthaler, of Moorcroft. The Meade County Sheriff’s Office announced that the South Dakota …
A 12-year-old student at Westridge Middle School in Overland Park, Kansas, was arrested last month for forming a gun with her fingers and pointing it at four of her classmates one at a time and then herself. The Kansas City Star reported that the unnamed girl was charged with a felony for threatening. Court documents …
Officials recovered a young boy’s body from the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on Thursday, close to the area where an SUV plunged into the water Sunday morning, killing several family members. Delaware Online reports that although authorities have not officially confirmed the identity of the body, 6-year-old Ethan Lindsey’s father posted on social media that …
A 9-year-old child is accused of intentionally setting a house fire in Illinois that killed five people, including three children 2 years old or younger. The Peoria Journal-Star reports that the unidentified minor has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder following April’s fatal house fire in Gooding. The April 6 fire at Timberline …
Additional details continue to surface in connection with two Pennsylvania children who died only minutes apart from each other last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities arrived at a home in Albany Township to find 8-year-old Conner Snyder and 4-year-old Brinley Snyder unconscious inside the residence on September 23. Both children were rushed to the …
Police in Pennsylvania have released shocking new information about the mysterious deaths of two young siblings who were found unconscious in their Berks County home late last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Conner Snyder, 8; and Brinley Synder, 4, were found unresponsive on September 23. Though medial responders are believed to have revived them at …
A 15-year-old girl is facing murder charges for the violent death of a 68-year-old woman in Massachusetts. WBZ-4 reports that Heavenly Arroyo, 15, was arrested and charged with murder after Ana Vazquez was found with stab wounds at her home in Fall River. Vazquez, 68, was transported to a nearby hospital but later pronounced dead. …
A Pennsylvania man is in jail this week, charged with abuse of a corpse, concealing the death of a child, and drug offenses for tossing a stillborn baby into a barrel behind his home and burning it in 2017. The Reading Eagle said that William Jones, 49, was arrested on October 1 following an investigation …
