Juveniles

Police bodycam footage shows scene at squalid home where mom allegedly stabbed 11-year-old daughter over 50 times before trying to burn the house down with children inside

 Police bodycam footage shows scene at squalid home where mom allegedly stabbed 11-year-old daughter over 50 times before trying to burn the house down with children inside
Family Crime

Authorities have released bodycam footage from the horrific scene they found after a mother allgedly stabbed her young daughter multiple times. 39-year-old Taheerah Ahmad is accused of tying up two of her daughters, aged 11 and 9, before stabbing the 11-year-old “50 to 70 times” and hitting her over the head with a pick-axe May …

‘Today is D-Day’: Operation to rescue soccer team trapped in Thai cave begins
Juveniles
July 8, 2018

‘Today is D-Day’: Operation to rescue soccer team trapped in Thai cave begins

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA, Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The operation has begun to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who will need to dive out of the flooded Thai cave where they have been trapped for more than two weeks, with officials saying Sunday morning that “today is D-Day.” Chiang …

Thai coach of soccer team trapped in a cave apologizes to parents
Juveniles
July 7, 2018

Thai coach of soccer team trapped in a cave apologizes to parents

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA, Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The youth soccer coach trapped in a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand with 12 members of his team apologized to their parents in the first letters they have sent out through divers, with the boys saying they’re doing well and missing their …

Missing toddler found dead in reservoir on last day of family vacation
Juveniles
July 6, 2018

Missing toddler found dead in reservoir on last day of family vacation

The body of a missing toddler was found in a Virginia reservoir Thursday, only hours after he was reported missing. Two-year-old August Farley was vacationing with his family when he was reported missing at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, according to a Bedford County Sheriff’s Office press release. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Maj. Ricky Gardner …

Former Navy SEAL dies during desperate rescue attempt of boys’ soccer team trapped in cave
Juveniles
July 6, 2018

Former Navy SEAL dies during desperate rescue attempt of boys’ soccer team trapped in cave

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA, Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Authorities overseeing the rescue operation for 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand said they have a “limited amount of time” to get them out, as they raced against worsening weather and lessening oxygen underground. The massive …

HEAR IT: Secret recording appears to catch teacher calling 5-year-old boy a ‘loser’
Bullies
July 5, 2018

HEAR IT: Secret recording appears to catch teacher calling 5-year-old boy a ‘loser’

A recording reportedly caught a Florida kindergarten teacher calling a 5-year-old student a “loser”—and now the boy’s mom is demanding answers. Speaking with the Miami Herald, Kandy Escotto said she noticed a change in her son, Aaron, last fall, which entailed him bringing home bad grades and dreading going to school. She recalled doing homework with …

Missing 6-year-old girl found murdered near abandoned hotel
Juveniles
July 5, 2018

Missing 6-year-old girl found murdered near abandoned hotel

Police in Scotland announced the arrest of an unidentified teenage boy in connection with the murder of 6-year-old Alesha MacPhail, who went missing Monday and was found dead just over two hours later, The Guardian reports. The little girl was reported missing from the Isle of Bute, an island located in the Firth of Clyde …