After a months-long investigation, Louisiana authorities have charged a 29-year-old woman in the death of her 9-month-old son. Shreveport police said they responded to a call on May 2 about a baby suffering from blunt force injuries to his body. Harlem Joseph was taken to Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, where he was pronounced dead. On …
More details have been released in the murders of a Michigan woman and a young boy, WDIV-TV reports. The bodies of 6-year-old Tai’raz Moore and his father’s 28-year-old girlfriend were discovered in the basement of a home near Detroit on Thursday morning. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities believe that both the boy and woman were led down …
The US Department of Justice has charged a Florida man and his son with multiple charges related to sex trafficking a child from Croatia, the US Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida reports. Jordan Jysae Pulido, 26, and Roberto Santana Jimenez, 61, have both been charged with conspiracy to transport a minor into the country …
A Pennsylvania man faces 111 counts related to accusations that he drugged and repeatedly raped a 15-year-old girl over a seven week period between May and July. Hyland A. McDermott, 44, has not been arrested, and Newberry Township police have asked for help locating him, according to the York Dispatch. According to charging documents filed …
A source who has been in touch with convicted murderer Chris Watts has said that the confessed killer is uncomfortable about a new documentary that chronicles the brutal murders of his wife and two young daughters. “American Murder: The Family Next Door,” which premiered on Netflix on Wednesday, documents the shocking murders of Shanann Watts and …
A Chicago woman is in custody on Monday after allegedly stabbed her 5-year-old daughter to death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Serenity Arrington died on Saturday after she was taken to a Chicago hospital with a stab wound or wounds to the throat. Police sources told the Chicago Sun-Tribune that the girl’s mother, 27-year-old Simone Austin, …
A former employee of Mississippi Child Protective Services was charged this week with multiple counts relating to alleged inappropriate conduct with juveniles under her care. A Tishomingo County grand jury indicted Lauren Rose Cavness, 26, after a months-long investigation by the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Office, the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services, and the Mississippi …
Mourners gathered together in South Carolina on Saturday to remember the life of Gannon Stauch, a young boy killed in Colorado earlier this year and found months later in Florida. At the gathering, held at the Beach Church in Myrtle Beach, mourners delivered heartfelt messages about the 11-year-old, including his best friend, who said Gannon …
A Florida man has been charged with commercial sex trafficking after he allegedly paid a 16-year-old girl repeatedly to let him sexually abuse her. Gregory Thomas Garcia, 34, faces a sentence of 10 years to life if convicted, the US Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida, said. The newspaper said that a Homeland Security Investigations …
A 3-year-old child died in New York on Thursday after her caretaker drove an hour-and-a-half to a hospital he believed would provide her with better treatment than medical facilities in closer proximity. As the New York Post reports, Anthony Richardson, a friend of the child’s family, was caring for 3-year-old Jaylynn Evans at his Mott …
A Tennessee couple and their adult son have been indicted on child sex abuse charges after Georgia investigators tipped their Tennessee counterparts to the case. Jeffrey Wade Howell, 58; Glenda Sue Howell, 61; and Donnie Wayne Jackson, 47, were jailed last week, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday. Jeffrey Howell was indicted in …
Florida deputies and the FBI arrested 48-year-old James Palmucci this week, charging him with 84 counts of sex crimes against children. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said that investigators were acting on a complaint filed by several young girls that Palmucci had been touching and sexually abusing them. Investigators also found child pornography on Palmucci’s …
