A Pennsylvania woman reportedly fell asleep on her baby, killing him, and police say this is the second child she killed by sleeping on them. PennLive reports that 37-year-old Rebecca Hallock is facing several felony charges in connection with the November 2019 death of her 3-week-old son. An autopsy report labeled the baby’s death as …
An Arkansas police officer was fired Thursday after being charged with the death of a fellow officer he shot through his front door, THV11 reported. Alexander Police Officer Scott Hutton was killed when he knocked on Calvin Nicholas Salyers’s front door at about 7:15 p.m. on June 3. Salyers told investigators looked through a peephole …
Surveillance footage released Tuesday appears to show multiple youth home staff members violently restrain a 16-year-old Michigan boy who died two days later. According to The Detroit News, Geoffrey Fieger, the attorney representing Cornelius Fredericks’ estate and family, released 18 minutes of footage of the April 29 incident at Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo. Seven staffers …
A youth home nurse charged in last month’s death of a Michigan teen who staff restrained for 10 minutes reportedly waited to step in because she thought the boy was faking. Lakeside Academy nurse Heather McLogan, 47, was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter for gross negligence and failure to perform her legal duty to obtain …
Authorities in Michigan announced Wednesday that criminal charges were filed against three youth home employees reportedly involved in the May 1 death of a 16-year-old boy. According to The Detroit News, Lakeside Academy employees Michael Mosley and Zachary Solis were charged with homicide involuntary manslaughter and child abuse (second-degree childcare organization violation causing death). The …
Two Florida women are facing criminal charges after the death of a 6-month-old baby who was found inside a plastic container, WOFL-TV reports. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office this week arrested Tanya Galvin, 41, and Ricky Nicole Tubbs, 25, after deputies made the horrific discovery several months ago. On March 1, a deputy saw three young …
A 17-year-old Alabama boy has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death last month of his 12-year-old brother, AL.com reported. Bessemer police said they responded to a call on March 30 and found Sean Rose with a bullet wound to the head. He was taken to Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham, where he was …
An Arizona couple is facing criminal charges months after floodwaters swept away the vehicle they were in, killing their two children and niece. AZFamily reported that Daniel Rawlings is facing reckless manslaughter charges. Rawlings, along with his wife, Lacey Rawlings, is also facing seven counts of child abuse for trying to cross Tonto Creek despite …
An Alabama man was arrested on March 18 in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s toddler grandson, who died days earlier of a suspected drug overdose. AL.com reported that Carter Thomas, 3, died on March 6 after being found unresponsive at a relative’s home. Despite Leon Richey’s arrest on reckless manslaughter charges, Jefferson County …
A Connecticut man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly beating his 2-year-old stepson to death in June. Citing an arrest warrant, the Hartford Courant reported that Hayden Campbell screamed, cried, and clung onto a female relative before going with his stepfather, Jeremiah Beason, 24. Less than five hours later, Campbell reportedly suffered a skull fracture and …
A New York daycare provider allegedly admitted to police that she killed a 23-month-old boy last year by swinging him into a coffee table by his legs. Jessica Sims, 24, was charged Thursday with first-degree manslaughter in the death of Lennox Santiago in July 2019. Two days before Santiago’s death from severe brain trauma, Sims …
An Alabama city councilman who reported his wife missing two weeks ago led police to her body on Saturday and now sits in jail awaiting charges. Robert Warren reported Lisa Warren, 51, missing on February 25, Carbon Hill Police Chief Eric House said at a news conference late Saturday afternoon, and multiple agencies launched a …
