Juveniles

Human remains found with driver’s license of woman missing since 2019
Juveniles
March 26, 2021

Human remains found with driver’s license of woman missing since 2019

Investigators may have found the body of a Missouri woman who vanished in 2019, and whose husband was previously charged with her presumed murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Menngqi Ji Elledge’s husband Joseph Elledge reported her missing from her Columbia home in October 2019. The 28-year-old woman had a toddler daughter at the time of …

Family Crime
March 24, 2021

Police investigate suspicious ‘drowning’ death of 8-year-old boy

Authorities in Texas are investigating the suspicious death of an 8-year-old boy who may have drowned in a bathtub at a Houston hotel. According to KPRC, police responded to a reported drowning Tuesday night at the  Quality Inn & Suites in the Westchase district of Houston. The boy’s parents reportedly told police that he drowned …

Juveniles
March 23, 2021

James Hutchinson’s mother, suspected killer, hog tied the boy and his siblings, stuffed cloth in their mouths before attempting to abandon the children

The defendants accused of killing 6-year-old James Hutchinson allegedly hog-tied the boy and his two half-siblings, stuffing cloth in their mouths, in the days leading up to the killing. According to court documents obtained by the Journal-News, 29-year-old Brittany Gosney and her boyfriend James Hamilton put the three children a “hog tie” position, tying or …

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Juveniles
March 23, 2021

Mother injects ill son with FECES to keep him in hospital, prosecutors say

An Australian woman accused of poisoning her son denied the allegations against her during a District Court trial on Monday. 7News reports that a 39-year-old unnamed mother of four is accused of injecting fecal matter into her young son while he stayed at the Westmead Children’s Hospital in 2014. According to the prosecution, the child …

Juveniles
March 19, 2021

URGENT: Missing 13-year-old girl may be in danger

Authorities in Arizona are searching for a 13-year-old girl who is missing after she reportedly made threats about harming herself. According to Fox 10 Phoenix, Makayla Kidde was last seen at about 7 p.m. Thursday, when she left her Mesa home on foot. “Family is concerned for her safety due to some threats she made …

Family Crime
March 18, 2021

Mom accused of killing 6-year-old son James Hutchinson to plead insanity: Report

Attorneys for the mother of James Hutchinson took a major step towards an insanity defense in the presumed murder of the 6-year-old boy in Ohio late last month. Hutchinson’s mother Brittaney Gosney, 29, had previously pleaded not guilty to 16 counts in her son’s death, including murder and abuse of a corpse. She reportedly told …

Juveniles
March 14, 2021

14-year-old Indiana boy arrested in death of missing 6-year-old girl

Police in northern Indiana arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the death of a 6-year-old who was reported missing early Friday evening and found dead about two hours later. St Joseph County police said that Grace Ross was reported missing at about 6:30 p.m. from New Carlisle, about 15 miles west of South Bend. …

Child Abuse
March 13, 2021

Judge orders county juvenile jail closed after shocking allegations of widespread abuse

A Pennsylvania judge Friday abruptly ordered all children at a county juvenile detention center transferred to another facility after receiving a startling letter detailing horrific physical, psychological, and sexual abuse at the facility. Delaware County Public Defender Christopher Welsh sent the letter to the county on Friday, the Philadelphia Inquirer said, and it contains affidavits …