A child in Florida has escaped routine confinement after they reportedly set a mattress on fire in a room where they had been locked for 12 hours a day since March. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Pasco County firefighters and sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a burning mattress inside a residence in …
A 9-year-old girl was abducted this week in Providence, Rhode Island, and her kidnapping was caught on camera. According to WTOC, the unidentified girl was snatched from behind while she was walking near two cars seen in surveillance video obtained by the news station. The report states that the kidnapping suspect’s grey SUV pulled up …
On Tuesday, Houston police arrested a mother and her boyfriend in connection with the death of 2-year-old Maliyah Bass. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a jogger found Maliyah’s body floating in Brays Bayou, off of the 5200 block of Carrolton Street in SW Houston on August 23. Maliyah was reportedly last seen playing in the playground …
A 17-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges in the violent death of his 5-year-old half-sister. According to WMAR, the 5-year-old girl was found dead in her Pasadena, Maryland, home on Saturday morning. Anaya Jannah Abdul was reportedly deceased in her bed, and an autopsy found that she had died of repeated sharp force injuries. …
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 …
