A Florida mom charged with manslaughter in the death of her toddler son in 2018 pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Friday and now faces up to 15 years in prison, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Victoria Toth, 26, and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Johnathan Pursglove, were both charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of …
A Florida couple was arrested Saturday and charged with aggravated manslaughter after they reportedly slept through the drowning of the woman’s 23-month-old child, Florida Today reports. Titusville police said that Amanda Paige Davis and her boyfriend, Charner Leon Williams IV, both 30, didn’t wake up until paramedics responded to a 911 call about a drowning. …
A Florida couple was charged this week with manslaughter in the 2018 death of their 7-year-old daughter — nearly three years after the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office closed its investigation, saying they found no evidence of abuse or neglect. Anna and Amero Akinloba were arrested after an investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigation Services, each charged …
A 14-year-old Florida girl shot in the head on Tuesday has died, and just hours later, her mother — initially charged with attempted manslaughter in the incident — bonded out of jail, First Coast News reports. Amanda Jane Guthrie, 37, was re-arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, according to Jacksonville …
A college professor in Michigan learned his fate this week in connection with the death of his autistic son, who drowned earlier this in his family pool. CBS 3 reports that former Grand Rapids Community College professor, Timothy Koets, was sentenced Monday to serve two to 15 years behind bars for the death of his …
Celebratory gunfire led to the death of a 39-year-old woman in Texas shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday morning, WFAA reports. Arlington police said Mario Alanis, 34, and his girlfriend Blanca Guerra were marking the new year in their backyard. Alanis tried a shoot a firearm into the air, but the gun didn’t go off. Alanis …
A 4-year-old boy was shot and killed by a man dancing with a gun in his hand during a New Year’s Eve celebration, WFAA reports. Zantyler Foster-Hooks, 21, was charged with manslaughter in the death of Messiah Taplin. Foster-Hooks was one of four adults in the Arlington apartment at the time of the shooting. When …
The mother is also stashed her newborn son’s body in a cupboard for 14 years
On Wednesday, a jury convicted an Oregon woman of second-degree manslaughter for last year’s death of a 1-year-old boy. Asher Carter died five days after Lebanon fire crews found him unresponsive while in Amber Scott’s care. An investigation revealed that Carter’s breathing had been restricted, leading to his death, KEZI reported. According to the Corvallis …
A Florida man arrested for the death of his two sons had a blood-alcohol level at twice the legal limit, according to police. News-Press reports that Kenneth Lawson III, 29, and his girlfriend Julia Drudy, 31, were arrested Friday in connection with a November 25 incident that left Lawson’s two children dead. The incident happened …
A California grandfather has been arrested after a 20-month-old girl was found dead in his Modesto apartment while he was being treated for an unknown ailment at a Bakersfield medical facility 200 miles away. Bryan Hicks, 42, was the little girl’s guardian, Modesto police said. According to police, officers went to Hicks’s apartment Tuesday morning …
An Arizona couple pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and child abuse charges Tuesday, more than a year after their two children and niece drowned when floodwaters swept away the vehicle they were in. Daniel Rawlings and Lacey Rawlings allegedly attempted to cross the Bar X crossing at Tonto Creek despite warnings of over-flooding. As a …
