An 18-month-old Idaho boy died after his mother’s boyfriend allegedly beat him so violently that investigators compared his injuries to a car accident at 70 mph. According to court documents obtained by KTLA 5, Jesus Adan Castillo, 22, eventually admitted to police that he beat Zachary Tendoy, 1, after a night of drinking. Initially, Castillo, who …
Danielle Bregoli, otherwise known as the “cash me ousside” girl, appeared in a Delray Beach, Florida, courthouse on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to five juvenile felony charges. The charges, which include battery, grand theft auto, and filing a false police report, stem from acts reportedly committed against her own mother, Barbara Ann Bregoli. The hearing …
Police are investigating a video of an Aurora, Colorado, high school girl being bullied that went viral last Thursday after a concerned mom uploaded the footage to social media. KDVR reported that Lainey, 15, claimed that Gateway High School students have persecuted her for the past four months. The videos, uploaded to Facebook by Amanda Brown, the …
Two teenagers are reportedly dead of suicide after the girl took her own life and her boyfriend followed just days later, announcing his intentions in a video on Facebook. According to the pop culture site GOT, Mercedes Shaday Smith killed herself in her dorm room at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky, on Thursday. Just …
Omaha, Nebraska, police confirmed that a 3-year-old boy is dead after a car power window rolled up and closed on his neck on April 15, as he waited inside his mother’s car in a store parking lot. According to Colfax County Attorney Denise Kracl, the young boy, identified as Everton Isay Romero, died in an Omaha hospital on Friday. …
A Jefferson County, Alabama, grand jury indicted a man and woman on aggravated child abuse charges after a 3-year-old girl died from extreme abuse. The indictments were made public on Friday. Alabama Media Group reports that Johnathon Wayne Talley, 41, and Misty Lynn Wright, 25, are accused of “willfully torture, willfully abuse, cruelly beat or otherwise willfully maltreat said child …
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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 …
