A Connecticut woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the July 6 death of her 11-month-old son — who reportedly died after ingesting a fatal combination of cocaine, fentanyl, and morphine. Rebecca Dixon, 35, was charged with second-degree manslaughter for the infant’s death, which was deemed a homicide in early September. Dixon had called police …
A Florida woman was arrested on negligent homicide charges on Tuesday, weeks after her newborn daughter reportedly died in a hot car. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post that Megan Dauphin, 30, was also charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. Dauphin’s baby was reportedly found dead in her car in …
A Michigan teen was arrested Wednesday, the same day he allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend in front of their newborn daughter. Eastpointe police announced Friday via a Facebook post that RayQuan Taylor was arrested on manslaughter charges. Police told Macomb Daily that Taylor, 17, claimed he accidentally shot Kira Seymour, 17, in the chest in …
A millionaire tycoon from Britain will be freed after serving half his already light sentence for battering his girlfriend to death during what he said was a “rough sex” session in 2018, the Birmingham Mail reports. John Broadhurst, 41, admitted to manslaughter by gross negligence in the death of 26-year-old mother of one Natalie Connolly, …
An Ohio teen admitted he pushed a 74-pound log from a cliff at the Ohio State Park last year but said he never meant to hurt anyone. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Victoria Schafer, 44, was taking senior photographs on Labor Day 2019, for a group of students near the Old Man’s Cave section of the …
Police say the teacher was “distracted” on the phone and forgot to drop off the boy at daycare
One of two teenage boys charged with pushing a 74-pound log over a cliff, where it hit a photographer and killed her, has taken a plea deal in the case, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Jaden W. Churchheus, 17, pleaded guilty in Hocking County Common Pleas Court involuntary manslaughter in the September 2, 2019, death of …
A Georgia man told police he was playing with his handgun, something he claimed he often does, when he shot and killed a 19-year-old girl. AJC reports that the incident happened on September 7 in Panama City, Florida, after Spencer Chase Pruitt, 24, of Douglasville, Georgia, shot and killed 19-year-old Victoria “Tori” Lynn Busch, of …
A Louisiana woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday after she pleaded guilty to slamming a romantic rival into a building with a Ford Expedition, killing her. Shameka Ellis, 22, was scheduled to go to trial on September 28 on a second degree murder charge in the death of Lou’Quandelyn Hargrove, 22, last …
Two Australian midwives were criminally charged Friday in connection with the 2012 death of a woman who reportedly suffered a botched birth. The Age reported that Gaye Demanuele, 59, and Melody Bourne, 43, were charged with manslaughter by criminal negligence in the death of Caroline Lovell, 36, who a coroner said “bled out” in a …
An Alabama couple who’s facing manslaughter charges for last week’s death of their 3-year-old son may have left him in a hot car for 16 hours before finding him. Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver told WHNT that Bentley Fowler was possibly in the vehicle from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. the following day. Oliver …
An Alabama couple is facing criminal charges for the death of their toddler son, who police said was found dead Sunday in a hot car. Officers were dispatched to Hodges at around 4 p.m. amid reports of an unresponsive 3-year-old in a car. Franklin County police said in a statement that EMS attempted to resuscitate …
