DEVELOPING: Boy, 11, arrested for shooting friend dead during Christmas sleepover, cops say
Juveniles
The tween suspect, Carter Palm, is also accused of planting a knife near Jadon Vaughn’s body after the deadly shooting
Family Crime
December 28, 2018
Toddler twins dead after Mom allegedly crashes car intentionally and brings them home to die: Report
A mother in the United Kingdom has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her toddler twins, who were found dying at her home in Margate following a car crash that appears to have been intentional. The BBC reports that a 37-year-old woman was taken into custody early Thursday morning, about 45 minutes after a crash …
Juveniles
December 27, 2018
Teen girl plunges 700 feet to her death at Arizona’s popular tourist attraction, ‘Horseshoe Bend’ [Report]
Authorities say a 14-year-old California girl died Monday after plunging 700 feet to her death at Arizona’s famous Horseshoe Bend tourist attraction. Citing the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, the Associated Press reported that the body of the unidentified San Jose girl was discovered “about 700 feet below Horseshoe Bend overlook.” Authorities said the teen was …
Juveniles
December 27, 2018
Unsealed Docs: Little girl facing homicide charge left shoe patterns on baby’s head, fractured his skull after stomping him to death at daycare [Update]
New details have emerged in the case of a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl accused of stomping a baby to death inside a Wisconsin daycare last month. Court documents, unsealed by a Dunn County judge who took over the case, provide grim specifics of the infant boy’s last hours of life. Chippewa County Judge James Isaacson was …
Family Crime
December 26, 2018
UPDATED: Prosecutors fight ‘gag order’ in murder investigation of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth
CORRECTION: The original article in the Gazette incorrectly reported that a judge had denied the gag order motion, and has since been corrected to state that a ruling is not expected until Monday. CrimeOnline‘s original story was based on the earlier Gazette report. According to the updated Gazette report, Patrick Frazee’s defense team has requested …
Juveniles
December 26, 2018
Medical checks ordered on every child after 8-year-old immigrant boy dies in Border Protection custody
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection have ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month. The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown underway over …
Consumer
December 24, 2018
WARNING, PARENTS: FDA advises against use of teething jewelry following toddler’s strangling death
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning against the use of teething jewelry after an 18-month-old boy reportedly died while using the item. The FDA made the announcement after the beads from the jewelry strangled the toddler while he napped. The federal agency also cited an incident with a 7-month-old who reportedly choked …
Child Abuse
December 20, 2018
Aniya Day: State closes day care accused of ignoring abuse of girl allegedly beaten to death by mom & boyfriend
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has reportedly shut down one of two day cares accused of failing to report the abuse of a 4-year-old girl who was reportedly beaten to death by her mother and her boyfriend in March. According to WEWS, a recently-reached agreement means Get Ready Set Grow Preschool will close their …
Child Abuse
December 20, 2018
Mom strangles infant son with scarf until his eyes ‘bulge and water’—and dad films it: Cops
A military couple was arrested at a Georgia naval base Sunday after the man reportedly showed police footage of his wife dousing their then-7-month-old son with water and choking him with a scarf. Jonathan Xavier Harrell, 24, and Latoya Denise Harrell, 23, were charged with first-degree cruelty to children after police responded to their home …
Family Crime
December 20, 2018
Realtor on way to family holiday visit shot dead in her car in front of two young children
A South Dakota woman traveling for the holidays was fatally shot while in her car — and her two children are believed to have witnessed the fatal shooting. WTVD reports that Melissa Peskey, a South Dakota-based realtor, was driving to North Carolina with her two children, ages 5 and 11, to visit family for the holidays …
Juveniles
December 19, 2018
Boy finds loaded gun, fatally shoots little sister in head as parents attend Christmas party: Reports
A 6-year-old Missouri girl was reportedly killed Friday when her older brother accidentally shot her in the back of her head while their parents attended a Christmas party. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, police said Maliyah Palmer died after her 12-year-old brother found a 9mm handgun in a dresser in their parents’ bedroom and unintentionally …
Juveniles
December 19, 2018
OUTRAGE! Teen murder suspect free without bail allegedly commits SECOND slaying 8 months later
A sheriff in Mississippi is speaking out after a 17-year-old suspected of fatally shooting someone in March was released from jail on his own recognizance—only to allegedly shoot and kill an elderly woman eight months later. Per the Jackson Clarion Ledger, Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson blamed Verona Police Chief J.B. Long for a series of …