Portsmouth, Ohio, police say that a witness found a toddler unconscious on a sidewalk a little after midnight on Wednesday, apparently from a heroin overdose. WSAZ reports that a “frantic” witness approached an officer and said that she found a toddler girl on a sidewalk, passed out from what seemed to be a drug overdose. She brought …
A Burtonsville, Maryland, man is accused of routinely befriending women so he could rape their young children. During one video, Kyle S. Thompson, 31, reportedly responded “Your mommy can’t save you,” as the toddler screamed “I want my mommy.” Police, who recovered 15 registered weapons from Thompson’s apartment, believed he bound and held his victims at gunpoint, …
The mother of a 13-year-old boy who took his own life is blaming his death on a “sick joke” played by the boy’s so-called girlfriend on social media. Tysen Benz of Ann Arbor, Michigan, died on Tuesday after doctors took him off life support. He was hospitalized on March 14 after his mother, Katrina Goss discovered him …
… and she’s already out on bail.
A former IT specialist at a Houston middle school has gone missing amid allegations he impregnated a 13-year-old student at the school. According to ABC 13, Mauricio Mendoza has skipped town after posting bail and police have issued a warrant for his arrest. The 37-year-old husband and father is facing allegations of aggravated assault after …
A man testified Wednesday that his adoptive father threatened to murder him if he didn’t accept his sexual advances. Taking in more than 140 boys in a 20-year span, Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu, 60, is accused of molesting eight kids he had in his care. According to the New York Daily News, the 29-year-old witness, who was about …
An April 5 affidavit indicated that a woman in Austin, Texas, left her two children in a car last year while she shoplifted. The children survived thanks to a Good Samaritan who spotted them and called 911, but the temperature inside the car had reached 100°F. KVUE reports that Raquel Perez, 26, is accused of leaving her children, …
A North Carolina man is in custody for the brutal beating death of his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter. After a four-daylong manhunt, reports WNCN, authorities apprehended Brandon Michael Smith, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s toddler daughter in a Florida hotel room on March 22. Smith, 36, is suspected of beating Alayna Williamson multiple times with a …
A woman who delivered a baby boy on the bathroom floor was convicted of manslaughter on Monday. On June 8, 2014, Jodie Renee Tarnawskyj, 38, went into labor in her Queensland, Australia, home and gave birth to a boy named Oliver. Believing Oliver was stillborn, Tarnawskyj testified that she cut his umbilical cord, wrapped him in …
Police do not suspect foul play
The father of a 2-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head this weekend has been arrested on homicide charges. According to Fox News, Eric Javier Morales of Corpus Christie, Texas, is facing charges of criminally negligent homicide in connection to the death of his 2-year-old son, Ryan Morales, who reportedly shot himself in the …
UPDATE: Two people, said to be the parents of the baby, have been located and detained for questioning.
