The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of fugitive parents to one child who was found dead, three who were critically injured, and another infant who is missing. KMOV reports that authorities are offering the reward as they search for Hakim Mustafa Moore, 27, and Robin Alexander, …
Authorities are searching for a couple on the run after one of their children was found dead, and three more in critical condition. NBC News reports that the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department announced in a release that Hakim Mustafa Moore, 27, and Robin Alexander, 29, are considered fugitives and are believed to have fled …
A new law that went into effect on July 1 in Virginia honors slain child, Heaven Watkins, a disabled 11-year-old girl who was found beaten to death on May 18, 2018, at her home in Norfolk. “Heaven’s Law” requires social workers investigating possible child abuse or neglect in the commonwealth to check registries in other …
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with the murder of a 4-year-old girl, a crime her 8-year-old brother helped solve, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Authorities on Friday arrested 32-year-old Marquis Lamont Thomas of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, in connection with the 2016 death of Kailee Bunrout, his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter. About one month before she died, Bunrout …
On Friday, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Texas released the cause and manner of death in connection with 4-year-old Houston girl, Maleah Davis. Authorities confirmed that Maleah died from homicidal violence. Her official cause of death was listed as homicide. The method in which the little girl was killed, however, has not …
A suicidal mother is in custody after her twin daughters were found dead in a parked car in Long Island, New York. According to the New York Post, the mother of Tenia Campbell, 24, of Medford, called police on Thursday to report that her daughter was threatening to kill herself and her 2-year-old twins Jasmine …
A former NFL running back and his girlfriend were indicted in a Nevada court on murder and child abuse charges in connection with April 9 death of the woman’s 5-year-old daughter, officials announced Tuesday. Cierre Wood, 28, and Amy Taylor, 26, are facing criminal charges for the death of La’Rayah Davis, who the Associated Press …
A New Mexico couple has been arrested following allegations of horrific abuse in their Aztec home — but one of their adult children is insisting that they are innocent. KOB4 reports that Martha and Timothy Crouch were arrested on Monday following an investigation by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD), tipped off …
A daycare worker in North Carolina was criminally charged Wednesday for allegedly dropping an 11-month-old boy on his head weeks earlier in an act that authorities ultimately determined was intentional. Citing Onslow County police, The Daily News reports that Bethan Pringle, 23, was charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury for a June …
The bodies of two infants, a toddler, and a young woman were discovered on Sunday evening in Texas near the Rio Grande River. CNN reports that Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra announced the grisly discovery in a tweet, adding that the bodies were found by border patrol agents. Authorities have not yet publicly identified the …
A Massachusetts woman who stored the rotting corpses of three newborns in her filthy home was acquitted of murder, as her defense argued that she was fearful of an abusive boyfriend, MassLive.com reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Superior Court Judge Janet Kenton-Walker found 35-year-old Erika Murray not guilty of second-degree murder and child endangerment, but …
A Michigan mother has pleaded guilty to child abuse charges following accusations that she and her then-husband kept their children locked in a room a police officer described as a “dungeon.” The Lansing State Journal reports that Sarah Conde, 29, entered into a plea deal on Tuesday, admitting to having refused dental care for her …
