An Alabama mother has been charged with murder and child abuse after she allegedly left her two teenage sons, both of whom have autism, home alone and one of them died. Amanda Morgan, 39, was arrested on Tuesday after a months-long investigation into the October 2025 incident, WKRG reports. Police also found the home where …
An Alabama jury has begun deliberations in the murder trial of Ibraheem Yazeed, the man accused of kidnapping and killing 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard in 2019. Prosecutors asked the jury to find Yazeed guilty on two counts of murder, one for murder while committing a kidnapping and the other for murder while committing a robbery, WBRC …
An Alabama man has been arrested after he allegedly crashed his motorcycle with his 18-month-old child on board, leaving the toddler with serious injuries to the head and face. Court documents say that Aaron Lee Roberson, 32, was drunk and speeding on February 14 when he crashed the bike, WVTM reports. Neither he nor the …
An 18-year-old Florida man was tracked to north Alabama last week and arrested for the murder of his girlfriend. Azallia Heather “Zia” Dotson-Salinas, 19, was found dead in a trailer on Friday, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, which did not say how she died. After conducting interviews with family, they identified Dominic …
Police in Alabama have arrested the mother of a missing toddler, charging her with false reporting to law enforcement. Enterprise Police said the arrest of 33-year-old Adrienne Reid is in connection with her missing daughter, 2-year-old Genesis Reid. Reid initially told police she found the girl missing early Monday morning and noticed a door had …
Police in south Alabama are looking for a mom and her two children who mysteriously vanished over the weekend. The search began Saturday morning when a 911 caller reported that Aurelia Choc Cac didn’t answer his knock Saturday morning for her ride to work, WALA reports. “I went in their house because, it’s ok, we’re …
An Alabama man is apparently so obsessed with child sex that he couldn’t resist soliciting a 14-year-old girl while he is out on bond for disseminating child pornography. Justin Taylor Teer isn’t getting a bond this time, the Blount County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said Teer contacted the teen, who lives in the …
An Alabama woman has been charged with manslaughter after her toddler son was shot and killed when she left her children alone with unseured weapons. Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey said that Evelyn Leyva Etress is also charged with aggravated child abuse and drug charges in the case, WVTM reported. Etress was arrested on …
An Alabama couple has abeen arrested after a 911 call from a Dollar General manager led to the discovery of a 14-year-old girl left on her own at a mobile home for months. The girl’s mother, 43-year-old Marchelle Pertilla, and her stepfather, 52-year-old Eugene Medrano, were charged with child abuse and aggravated cruelty to animals, …
Dozens of searchers returned to rural Alabama Friday morning as the hunt for a 4-year-old boy last seen Wednesday morning continued. Johnathan Everett Boley’s 6-year-old brother told authorities he last saw his younger brother around 11:30 that morning when the child and a black Labrador retriever “went across the fence line” and disappeared, Walker County …
An Alabama man has been charged with accepting money to kill another man earlier this year then buried his body — inside his pickup truck — in a hole he dug with a backhoe and set it on fire. A Bibb County grand jury indicted 57-year-old John Collum on charges of murder for hire, hindering …
An Alabama elementary school teacher was arrested this week and charged with willful abuse of a child under 18 after a video went viral showing her allegedly beating a boy with a belt more than 20 times. Cottage Hill Christian Academy said the boy was Nicole Staples’ son and the incident took place at her …
