8-year-old child texts grandmother after finding lifeless mother on the floor: Report
Juveniles
Police suspect foul play in the 26-year-old woman’s death
Murder
August 20, 2020
3-year-old tot girl shot and killed in broad daylight while playing in her ‘Frozen’ playhouse
A Kentucky man and his daughter are dead after they were shot numerous times, according to Louisville officials. Police are still searching for the shooter. The Courier Journal reports that Trinity Randolph, 3, was playing in a “Frozen” playhouse at a home off of Kahlert Avenue in Louisville, during the early afternoon on August 14, …
Juveniles
August 20, 2020
Toddler boy dies as Mom delays getting help; 3-year-old found unconscious, severely beaten while boyfriend babysits: Report
Another child had been removed from the home weeks before Kei’mere Marshall’s death
Murder
August 19, 2020
‘Should’ve ducked!’: Juvenile detention officer suspended over comments about 5-year-old boy shot in head while riding bike
A detention officer has been suspended after he allegedly posted derogatory comments on Facebook about a young boy killed while out riding his bike. New Jersey detention officer Rome Smith allegedly wrote last week that Cannon Hinnant, a 5-year-old boy killed August 9 while playing in his front yard with his sisters, “should’ve ducked,” according …
Murder
August 19, 2020
BREAKING: Tennessee tot Evelyn Boswell’s mother charged with her murder
A grand jury in East Tennessee has indicted Megan Boswell, mother of deceased toddler Evelyn Boswell, on 19 counts, including two counts of felony murder, WJHL reports. Boswell, 19, has also been charged with single counts of aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, and failure to report a …
Murder
August 19, 2020
17-year-old boy charged in death of female high school friend; 3 more teens charged with trying to help him flee
North Carolina police have arrested four people in connection with the death of a 17-year-old girl shot to death inside her car outside a Raleigh Bojangles restaurant over the weekend, WRAL reports. Devin Cordell Jones, 17, has been charged with the murder of Veronica Lee Baker Saturday night. Keyshara Michelle Deans, 19; Nezyiha Zamir Collins, …
Murder
August 19, 2020
EVIL Tennessee mom & ‘friend’ charged in 14-month-old tot girl’s death
A Tennessee woman and her friend are facing felony charges in connection with the death of a 14-month-old girl. According to a news release by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the incident happened on December 11, 2019, when authorities responded to a call about an injured child, identified as Reeves Thomas. The toddler, according to …
Family Crime
August 18, 2020
Piece of steel found next to dead body of 12-year-old boy; relatives and a teacher had previously reported child welfare concerns
Logan Baker’s father has been charged with first-degree murder. In recent years, he was twice charged with endangering the welfare of a child
Child Abuse
August 18, 2020
Dad, stepmom of emaciated 8-year-old girl found dead tied her up with belt, forced her into sleeping bag when she was being ‘bad’: Trying to get food [Report]
A Minnesota couple have been charged with murder in the death of the husband’s 8-year-old daughter, who weighed just 45 pounds at the time of her death. The Minneapolis Star Tribune said an autopsy revealed that Autumn Hallow had atrophied muscles and significant hair loss, puncture wounds on her head, bleeding on the brain and …
Murder
August 18, 2020
WATCH LIVE: Golden State Killer victims confront confessed rapist, murderer in court
The former police officer who confessed to dozens of violent crimes committed by a serial rapist and murderer known as the Golden State Killer is in court on Tuesday as victims and family members of victims confront Joseph DeAngelo before he is sentenced to life in prison on Friday. As NBC San Diego reports,DeAngelo pleaded …
Murder
August 17, 2020
Stalker accused of killing nursing student who went on date with woman he stalked
Dallas police arrested a man over the weekend they were questioning about a stalking incident when he admitted he had killed another man who went on a date with the woman he was stalking, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported. Jorge Esparza, 22, told detectives he shot and killed Ricardo Medina-Madriz, 27, just before midnight …
Celebrity
August 17, 2020
Feds indict 2 men for murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay in 2002
Federal prosecutors in New York announced indictments Monday against two men for the 2002 murder of pioneering hip-hop star Jam Master Jay at his recording studio in Queens. Ronald Washington, 56, and Karl Jordan Jr, 36, have both been charged in the “drug-related” murder of Jay, whose real name was Jason Mizell, the acting US …