A Louisiana woman and her boyfriend have been charged in connection with the death of her quadriplegic 7-year-old son who died after they left him home alone for hours. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office charged Karla Padilla Pavon, 22, and Hovet Vela Espinoza, 48, with negligent homicide, NOLA.com reported. The boy, Cristian Rodriguez Padilla, had …
The West Virginia state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has filed criminal charges against two members of a hospital nursing staff over the death of a non-verbal patient a year ago. Kylah Beard and Delilah Clayburn-Hill have been charged with neglect of an incapacitated adult resulting in death, the state Attorney General’s Office said. According to …
The parents and caregiver of a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man with cerebral palsy have been charged with multiple counts after he was found dead earlier this year in a “severely emaciated” state. Sherrilynn Hawkins, Tylim Hatchett’s 42-year-old mother, is charged with first and third degree murder and theft by taking, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office …
An Indiana couple was arrested last week, months after their 4-month-old daughter died in March. According to WTTK, Indianapolis police police found Iyari Washington unresponsive, emaciated, and with a swollen stomach. Her mother and father Tiera Crute, 25, and Daron Washington, 30, gave conflicting accounts of who found their daughter struggling to breathe on the …
On Monday, Missouri prosecutors said they have charged a woman in connection with the death of her 6-month-old daughter whose body was discovered in May. Raeleena Barlett was charged with abandoning a corpse months after Kha’liya Bridgewater’s body was found in an abandoned lot in Kansas City. Barlett’s father, Marty Lammers, told The Kansas City …
On Monday, a Virginia grand jury indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who allegedly shot his teacher in January. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Deja Nicole Taylor, 25, was charged with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly leaving a firearm so as to endanger a child. Taylor’s son, who has not …
Florida authorities arrested a man Sunday after his 8-year-old son took his loaded handgun and fired off around that killed a baby and wounded a toddler. Roderick Dwayne Randall, 45, was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, two counts of culpable negligence, and tampering with physical evidence, the Pensacola News Journal …
