Manhunt for father of baby found dead in East River after worried mom goes to police
Family Crime
Police believe the father may have fled the country
Juveniles
August 7, 2018
‘I don’t like the demon’: Nikolas Cruz said evil voice made him kill 17 in Parkland school shooting; report finds he ‘identified as an animal’ as a child
Cruz purchased the gun used in the deadly massacre three days after he was forced to withdraw from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Child Abuse
August 7, 2018
Baby dies after 21-year-old gives birth in car, puts newborn in trash bag and seeks medical attention for herself: Report
South Carolina police arrested a woman after she gave birth last week to a newborn in her car and sought medical care for her own bleeding afterwards — but failed to get medical attention for the baby, who died, according to authorities. According to a press release from the Lexington County Sheriff, 21-year-old Brennan Hailey …
Juveniles
August 7, 2018
‘Mom’ shoots two daughters, leaving one dead and another in life-threatening condition ahead of planned move to be near the girls’ father: Report
A Virginia woman is accused of shooting two little girls believed to be her daughters, killing one and seriously injuring another. NBC Washington reports that Veronica Youngblood, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder after police officers responded to a call to a Fairfax County home and found two little girls shot. One girl, who had …
Child Abuse
August 6, 2018
SEE IT: Teen girl says hero postal worker saved her from captivity by sex traffickers [VIDEO]
A teenager is crediting a postal worker with saving her from the captivity of alleged sex traffickers in California. According to a Fox News report, 16-year-old Crystal Allen says she was held against her will be alleged sex traffickers who “drugged, tortured and abused” her for three weeks before she made a daring escape from …
Juveniles
August 6, 2018
Baby pulled from East River near Brooklyn Bridge pronounced dead: Tourists who spotted infant floating in the water thought it was a doll
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a baby who was found floating in the water near the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday. A family visiting from Stillwater, Oklahoma, spotted the approximately 8-month-old boy wearing only diapers in the shallow water near the Manhattan shoreline at about 4 p.m. Chiropractor Monte Campbell said …
Child Abuse
August 5, 2018
Search for missing boy turns up 11 starving children living in filthy compound with no food or water
Eleven children were rescued Saturday from squalid living conditions with little food and no water in a remote New Mexico compound, the Associated Press reports. “It was the saddest living conditions and poverty I have seen,” Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said. Five adults – two men and three women – were accompanying the children. …
Juveniles
August 5, 2018
Body found in search for missing 3-year-old girl whose mother gave conflicting reports about daughter’s whereabouts
The search for a missing three-year-old girl in Bryan, Texas, has taken a dark turn as investigators found human remains near her home. According to an ABC 13 report, Rayven Shields was reported missing by Child Protective Services on Monday, after a case worker visit to her home raised concerns. Rayven was not seen at the …
Juveniles
August 5, 2018
CAPTURED! Convicted child rapist escapes from Kansas prison just 3 days after arrival [UPDATE]
UPDATE, Monday, August 6: Cowley County Emergency Communications has announced in a Facebook post that Robert Terrell is now in police custody. Further details were not immediately available. Original story: A convicted child rapist has escaped from prison just three days after arriving to the correctional facility, Fox News reports. Cowley County Emergency Communications department …
Drug Crime
August 3, 2018
Sex offender dad refuses to call 911 for son who overdosed on meth he mistook for cereal: Police
An Indiana father is accused of forgoing medical treatment for his 8-year-old son who ingested his meth and ultimately died of an overdose. According to The Tribune, a toxicology report released Thursday revealed Curtis Collman III had 18,000 nanograms of methamphetamine—180 times the lethal limit—of methamphetamine in his bloodstream when he died June 21. The 8-year-old reportedly …
Juveniles
August 3, 2018
Teen throws young boy off 30-foot waterslide because he was tired of waiting in line: Police
An 18-year-old in Minnesota was arrested after he allegedly tossed a young boy from a waterslide platform, causing the boy to plunge 31 feet into concrete. Local news station KMSP reports that the 18-year-old man, identified by the New York Post as Roman Adams, approached the young boy standing on the waterslide platform at Apple Valley Aquatic …
Child Abuse
August 3, 2018
Mom forced toddler children inside makeshift cages; kids found in dirty diapers, covered in lice and insect bites
A Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to child neglect are authorities discovered she was keeping toddlers locked in makeshift cages, while failing to provide adequate care or hygiene for her five children. According to USA Today, Malista Ness-Hopkins of Accomack County submitted a guilty plea to five counts of child neglect following her July 2017 arrest. According to …