Neighbor’s father called 911 after Hannah Hart ran to home next door begging for help, cops declined welfare check
Family Crime
“My son-in-law doesn’t want to get involved, but the more I sit on it, I just can’t live with it.”
Family Crime
April 10, 2018
CPS worker called 911 after she couldn’t reach the Hart family [AUDIO]
Authorities have released a 911 call made to police by a Child Protective Services worker about the Hart family — the same day Jennifer Hart is believed to have driven her SUV over a cliff in Northern California, killing at least five Hart family members in an apparent murder-suicide. KPTV obtained audio of the 911 …
Child Abuse
April 9, 2018
Hart mothers accused of abuse during trial visit of adopted children, monitored by state agency: Report
Three years before Sarah Hart pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic assault, one of her and Jennifer Hart’s adopted children reported alleged abuse to the police. According to the San Antonio Express-News, that report was likely made when three children the Harts would later adopt from Texas were in their Minnesota home for a trial period. …
Consumer
April 9, 2018
WARNING PARENTS: YouTube is illegally collecting children’s data, consumer groups claim
More than 20 child advocacy groups have urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate YouTube, accusing the video-sharing platform of illegally collecting data from underage users. The Guardian obtained court documents accusing the Google subsidiary of collecting children’s phone numbers and devices of so that they can track them on various websites and platforms. Under the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy …
Child Abuse
April 9, 2018
Stoner mom jailed after toddler daughter eats THC-laced mac and cheese: Cops
A Tempe, Arizona, mother was jailed Thursday after her two-year-old daughter allegedly ate macaroni and cheese made with THC butter. Per Arizona’s Family, Alaina Marie Limpert, 25, was arrested after someone in her household contacted Department of Child Safety about the child ingesting the laced mac and cheese while eating with her father on April 4. Limpert is …
Juveniles
April 9, 2018
Boy, 8, dies after he is shot while sitting in mother’s car outside a nail salon
An eight-year-old boy has died after he was caught in a drive-by shooting while sitting in his mother’s parked car. ABC 13 Houston reports that Tristian Hutchins, 8, died late last month after he was shot on March 1 when he and his sister were sitting in his mother’s parked car outside a southeast Houston nail …
Family Crime
April 8, 2018
Devonte Hart’s mothers lied about daughter’s age, children’s schooling; witness recounts disturbing scene at music festival: Report
The women found dead with three of their adopted children in an apparent murder-suicide last month appear to have misrepresented key aspects of their circumstances in order to promote an image of an idyllic, harmonious family life that may have been a cover for abuse and neglect. And according to a new report, signs of …
Family Crime
April 8, 2018
Parents accused of killing child forced 4-year-old boy to take scalding hot shower because he urinated during beating
The teen mother and her boyfriend allegedly forced the child to stay in a push-up position for an extended period of time, and beat him because he dropped a knee
Juveniles
April 7, 2018
Hero toddler dies after saving mother, baby sister from a fire
A Kentucky toddler who saved his mother and younger sister from a house fire but who later died in the blaze is now a source of inspiration to prevent future tragedies, the Daily Mail reports. Whitney Johnson was sleeping on a sofa with the children in 2015 when a space heater exploded. The smoke detector …
Family Crime
April 7, 2018
‘Mom’ decapitates 7-year-old son with kitchen knife: Police
An upstate New York mother is accused of decapitating her 7-year-old son with a kitchen knife earlier this week, the Watertown Daily Times reports. Hanane Mouhib, 36, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the slaying of her son, Abraham Cardenas. Authorities on Thursday night responded to a 911 call reporting that Mouhib …
Juveniles
April 6, 2018
Dad allegedly puts loaded gun in young son’s backpack and takes him to school
A Florida father was arrested Thursday after allegedly leaving his loaded gun in his 8-year-old son’s backpack and taking him to school with the weapon in tow. An arrest report obtained by the Miami Herald stated that Ramon Nuiry, 53, returned to Kendale Elementary after realizing his grave mistake. Once there, he reportedly had staff …
Juveniles
April 6, 2018
URGENT: Endangered missing child in Louisiana
Louisiana police are asking the public’s help in locating a missing four-year-old boy in Claiborne Parish. The Louisiana State Police announced in a press release that Rondreiz Cortez “Junior” Phillips , 4, has been missing since Thursday. He is considered endangered. Rondreiz is a black male, about 3 feet tall and 45 lbs., with black hair …