A Hawaii woman was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison for killing a 7-month-old girl in 2019. Dixie Villa, 46, gave Abigail Lobisch a fatal dose of diphenhydramine, the main ingredient in Benadryl. KKTV reported that Villa was babysitting the infant overnight on the Aliamanu Military Reservation in Oahu. Previous reports indicated that …
Prosecutors have filed charges in the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who died after taking drugs at the home of a friend where they’d gone to watch a game more than a year ago. Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd said that Jordan Willis, who hosted the game watch party, and Ivory Carson have …
A 19-year-old Florida man is behind held without bond after he allegedly beat his father to death in an argument over a plate of food. Police were called to the Melbourne home on January 19 for a man breathing “but not responding.” Julien Welch-Beddoe told police he had been fighting with his 45-year-old father, Francis …
A Florida man was arrested on Saturday after he put an 8-month-old baby into the middle of the street and then ran over the child with his car. It’s not clear if it was intentional, but the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office charged Justin Golden, 20, with vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s …
An Ohio couple were arrested earlier this month for the death of their toddler daughter at a US Air Force base in Florida two years ago. Kodi Glenn Simon and Kateri Ann Simon, both 30, were arrested near Cleveland last week and charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 2-year-old Maeve …
An Alabama man was arrested this week on a manslaughter charge in the death of a 10-year-old girl he struck with his vehicle while she was riding her scooter. Ember Poe died eight days after the November 5, 2024, incident at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham, AL.com reported. John David Winton, 45, was arrested on …
A man and a woman were arrested in Connecticut this week for the death of another man, who was struck by a car over the summer. Kevin Gangell, 24, was found in the front yard of his home in Harwinton after he was hit by a car driven by Logan Diaz-Lopardo, 21. Gangell’s girlfriend, 20-year-old …
A mother has been arrested after she admitted doing drugs and getting in to a motel tub with her infant daughter then falling asleep while the baby drowned. Emergency responders were called to Motel 6 in Louisville, Kentucky, at about 4:40 a.m. on January 1, WLKY reported. Amber Winstead, 36, told officers she had been …
A North Carolina father has been charged with manslaughter and child abuse after his toddler son died from being left in a room with “elevated temperatures” for more than 12 hours. Two-year-old River Carter was pronounced dead when medics arrived at the scene in West End on December 2, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office said. …
A 16-year-old Nebraska boy has been charged with gunning down his 20-year-old brother after mistaking him for an attacker early Tuesday morning. Lincoln Police were called to the Bridgeport Apartments at around 12:30 a.m. and found the older man suffering from multiple gunshots outside the apartment, KOLN reported. He was taken by ambulance to a …
An Oregon man was charged wtih murder this week after his partner was found dead in a ditch in Sherwood. Washington County Sheriff’s Offfice said deputies found Mary McDowell, 64, outside her home just after 4:30 a.m. on December 13. They took 38-year-old Jose Lucase Morfin Jr. into custody at the time. A week later, …
A Florida father will serve a 20-year prison sentence after he and his wife abandoned their 18-month-old daughter in a car during intense summer heat last year. According to FOX News Tampa Bay, Joel Rondon, 34, admitted guilt to aggravated manslaughter of a child in his daughter’s 2023 death. Judge Jalal Harb sentenced him on …
