A 13-year-old girl is facing charges after she allegedly made her 11-year-old boyfriend believe she killed herself—resulting in the boy hanging himself. CNN reported that Tyson Benz’ mother, Katrina Goss, claimed the girl pretended to be other people online to perpetuate the sick joke. Goss said she found her 11-year-old son hanging by his neck in …
A Blytheville, Arkansas, woman is facing child endangerment charges after authorities allegedly found her children living in a home inundated with maggots. KAIT reported that neighbors called police Tuesday morning after they heard children screaming from inside the residence. The children not only refused to open the door for officers but cursed at them, according to …
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A Pembroke Pines, Florida, woman was booked into jail on Monday after police arrested her for allegedly burning her 9-year-old son with a hot clothes iron. CBS Miami reports that Tamecha Jean, 32, was arrested in Broward County on child abuse charges. She’s accused of burning her son twice on his chest with the tip of the iron and …
A Texas mother is accused of torturing her baby — and sending photos and video of the abuse to the child’s father. Jamelle Andrea Peterkin of Humble reportedly appeared in court on Monday to face child endangerment charges. According to court documents obtained by Click2Houston, Peterkin, 23, used a plastic bag to torture and gag …
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Police officers in Nottingham, England are searching for a group of thieves who stole a 13-year-old boy’s bike and rifled through his pockets as he lay in a park, unconscious from extremely low blood sugar. According to the Nottingham Post, McKinley Chambers, a Type 1 diabetic, was at the Queens Walk Recreation Ground on Sunday, playing football. …
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A Florida mother is demanding answers after her 10-year-old autistic son was hauled away from school in handcuffs Wednesday — and had no idea why. Luanne Haygood recorded video of her son John Benji Haygood being arrested and handcuffed at his school in Okeechobee County. According to WPTV 5, the little boy had …
A pregnant mother accused with her husband of killing their 16-year-old special needs son may have been inspired by the Oscar-winning movie Manchester By The Sea. In late February, firefighters found 16-year-old Jeffrey Franklin dead in an upstate New York home that had been engulfed in flames. An investigation later revealed that Jeffrey was not …
A 13-year-old Georgia boy is dead after accidentally shooting himself while filming on Instagram Live on Monday. Authorities are now investigating how a young boy got his hands on a gun. NBC 11 Alive reports that Shaniqua Stephens watched her teen son, Malachi Hemphill, take out the trash and make his way back to his bedroom on Monday …
An investigation is underway after a Kennett, Missouri, baby was taken to the hospital with a fractured skull and superglue smeared on his mouth. WREG reports that a police officer received a call last Monday after hospital staff reported that a baby brought in for treatment had blood on his nose, swollen limbs, face swelling, and …
