Teen boy shoots 6-year-old brother dead while the little boy plays a video game: Police
Family Crime
The teen told police he was trying to scare his little brother, and that when he pulled the trigger the first time, the gun didn’t go off
Child Abuse
August 11, 2017
‘No one cares about me’: Mom suspected in murder-suicide attempt says she thought her toddler daughter would survive if she cracked a window in her car
A Massachusetts mother is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, after both she and her daughter were found suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. MassLive reports that Leeann Rickheit and her three-year-old daughter were found in her car in a wooded area outside of Worcester Thursday morning. Rickheit had allegedly stuffed the tailpipe with items of clothing …
Child Abuse
August 10, 2017
8-month-old baby girl abandoned by mom survived 3 days outside in plastic garbage bag: Police
“Her legs were just dangling in the bag. Her head was in the bag.”
child endangerment
August 8, 2017
Florida toddler dies after daycare driver leaves him in hot van for 12 HOURS: Police
This horrible news comes with an urgent warning: PLEASE always check your car if you are ever transporting children. Over 30 children have died in hot cars just this summer alone.
child endangerment
August 8, 2017
Members of secret Facebook group claim autism is caused by parasites, force ‘bleach enemas’ on their children
A mother of an autistic boy is under investigation after she allegedly gave her son ‘bleach’ enemas in an attempt to ‘cure’ him of autism. According to the Sun, the mother is a member of a Facebook group that promotes a belief that autism is caused by parasites, and that treating autistic children with powerful …
Child Abuse
August 7, 2017
11-year-old girl smothered to death by alleged rapist during sexual assault while under the care of two adult men
Two men have been charged in the rape and murder of 11-year-old Jacelyn O’Connor in Norwich, New York. James Brower and Tobias Rundstrum-Wooding are accused of raping and suffocating O’Connor, who was the half-sister of Brower’s children and was on an extended stay with the men when she was killed. CBS News reports law enforcement …
Child Abuse
August 7, 2017
Child rape and murder suspect busted after his own young son sees him on surveillance video tossing little girl — still alive, locked in a suitcase — into a river
“My daughter ran to look for the trunk and when she called her daughter’s name she could hear the child respond very faintly. But she couldn’t reach the suitcase in time…”
child endangerment
August 4, 2017
Toddler dies after picking up loaded gun in living room; ‘mom’ knew the weapon was in reach
A two-year-old boy in South Carolina has died of a gunshot wound after picking up an unsecured weapon in his living room. CBS News reports that the toddler, identified as Jacarion “Cari” Gladden, accidentally shot and killed himself earlier this week when he picked up the gun, belonging to his mother’s boyfriend. His mother and the …
Child Abuse
August 4, 2017
Little boy kept locked in dark basement closet with no bathroom, forced to eat carrots and little else
A Utah couple is facing multiple child abuse charges after they allegedly neglected and confined a five-year-old boy. Fox 13 reports that Clarissa Anne Tobiasson and Brett Parker Tobiasson are accused of locking their adopted son in a small, dark room for hours on end and forcing him to eat a diet of mostly carrots. Utah …
Child Abuse
August 4, 2017
Little girl dies six months after a dare to drink boiling water through a straw leaves her deaf
A little girl has died six months after a relative forced her to drink boiling water through a straw. The New York Post reports that Ki’ari Pope, 8, complained of having trouble breathing on Sunday before becoming unresponsive. She was taken to a hospital and died shortly after midnight. Ki’ari had reportedly suffered numerous health problems …
Child Abuse
August 3, 2017
Accused child molester brutally beats, rapes teenage girl at the gym, knocking out teeth and ripping her ear off: Police
The teen’s mother told police her daughter came home wearing only a tank top and with her ear “torn and dangling”
Juveniles
August 3, 2017
Police: Woman shaves little boy’s head, writes ‘pervert’ on his forehead in ‘retaliation’
A Missouri woman may face charges after she reportedly took it upon herself to dole out retaliation against a neighbor’s child in a way that “police have never seen.” KMOV reports that an unidentified woman at the Legend Terrace Apartment Complex in Eureka wrote the word “pervert” on a 9-year-old boy’s forehead and shaved his hair …