A 12-year-old boy who had been reported missing Tuesday night was found dead the next day in a wooded area behind his family’s Atlanta home. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, the unidentified boy’s family reported him missing late Tuesday when he did not return home after going to a friend’s house earlier that day. According …
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Authorities in Arizona are searching for a suspect in a dramatic kidnapping that lead to the death of the child’s mother and an AMBER Alert. As AZFamily reports, 30-year-old Brittany Martie of Phoenix was loading her 10-month-old son Abel Maes into her car Tuesday evening when the boy’s father Eric Maes, who does not have …
Just after authorities in Utah turned over the results of Tammy Daybell’s autopsy to investigators in Idaho, a family friend has shared new information about the circumstances of Tammy’s death — and conflicting accounts between family members. Julie Rowe, once a close friend of Chad Daybell’s, appeared on Tuesday’s episode of “Crime Stories with Nancy …
Lousiana authorities have made an arrest in connection with the 2020 death of 15-year-old Quawan Charles. The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office reports that authorities arrested Janet Irvin, 37, on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and failure to report a missing child. Police arrested Irvin on Tuesday, following the release of Quawan’s …
After the death of an 8-year-old boy whose mother had repeatedly expressed concerns about her son’s well-being in his father’s care, Child Protective Services in Suffolk County, New York, will undergo systemic changes with the aim of preventing further tragedies like the death of Thomas Valva. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Thomas Valva died of hypothermia …
A former Texas teacher was sentenced Friday to more than 10 years in prison for stalking a 16-year-old student and possessing child pornography, the Dallas Morning News reports. Court documents say that Ricky Lynn Badley, 45, began sending the teen girl text messages in 2019, referring to her as a “little girl” and his “new …
A young Alabama boy was fatally shot this week while lying on the couch with his mother, prompting outrage in the community as a family grieves the senseless loss of a child, the Birmingham News reports. Shortly after 2-year-old Major Turner and his mother finished dinner on Thursday night, someone fired nearly a dozen bullets toward the family’s …
Two children were dead and a third was in critical condition after a shooting at an Ohio apartment complex Friday afternoon, Toledo police said. The department said the shooting came during a domestic dispute, and a suspect is in custody. Police have not released the names and ages of the victims or the suspect. Neighbors …
A medical examiner in Utah has turned over the autopsy results for Chad Daybell’s former wife Tammy Daybell, who died suddenly just weeks before Chad married Lori Vallow. Less than a year later, Vallow’s missing children were found dead in Daybell’s backyard. As KUTV reports, the Fremont County Sheriff’s office announced on Thursday that they …
The family of a child who spent the night alone in a freezing minivan has filed a notice of claim with the city of Milwaukee after two police officers mistakenly sent a van to a tow yard with a 4-year-old girl inside. The girl remained in the vehicle for 8 hours before tow workers heard …
Federal authorities have identified the two FBI special agents killed while serving a warrant at a Florida address early Tuesday morning. As the New York Times reports, FBI director Christopher Wray said that Special Agent Daniel Alfin and Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger were killed n the shootout Tuesday. “Every day, F.B.I. special agents put themselves …
