Houston authorities were apparently alerted about possible child abuse three weeks prior to the young boy losing his life, but the police department said it followed proper protocol. ABC 13 reports that Kayla Holzendorf, 24, and her boyfriend, Dominique Lewis, 28, are both behind bars in connection with the death of Holzendorf’s young son, Keyontae …
An Australian woman accused of poisoning her son denied the allegations against her during a District Court trial on Monday. 7News reports that a 39-year-old unnamed mother of four is accused of injecting fecal matter into her young son while he stayed at the Westmead Children’s Hospital in 2014. According to the prosecution, the child …
A New York man killed an infant and seriously injured two other children, according to the Fulton County police. Times Union reports that authorities arrested Isiah Lockett on Thursday after a 5-month-old baby died in August 2020. First responders arrived at a home in Gloversville and rushed the infant to Albany Medical Center. He passed …
A Philadelphia toddler is dead after police say her caregivers brutally beat her to death over the weekend. According to Assistant District Attorney, Chesley Lightsey, 2-year-old Yatzirys Rodriguez passed away on Thursday. The child was brutally beaten several hours prior to her death. Authorities were alerted at around 2 p.m. on Thursday to an unresponsive …
A former child abuse investigator for the Department of Children and Families in Connecticut is facing charges after her foster son was found with life-threatening injuries. The Hartford Courant reports that the incident happened on December 5, 2020, when the infant was rushed to the Yale New Haven Hospital. According to court documents, the baby …
A Wisconsin woman was sentenced Friday for her role in the death of a 7-year-old boy, Ethan Hauschultz. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Timothy Hauschultz, Tina McKeever-Hauschultz, and their teen son, Damian, took part in punishing the little boy, which included forcing him to hold a heavy log for hours at a time. According to police, …
The daughter of the founders of Circle of Hope Girls Ranch in Cedar County, Missouri, claims that despite reporting abuse for years, no one took her seriously until her TikTok videos depicting the alleged abuse went viral. Fox 4 reports that the founders of the Circle of Hope Girls Ranch, Boyd and Stephanie Householder, were …
On Monday, authorities in New York announced that a 10-year-old boy found dead over the weekend was a victim of “fatal child abuse syndrome.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities arrested Ryan Cato, 34, on Sunday and charged him with murder and child endangerment. His stepson, Ayden Wolfe, was found unresponsive in a Harlem apartment on …
For two years, medical evidence in connection with a California toddler’s death has been kept under wraps. Last week, those disturbing details were made public during a preliminary hearing at the Tuolumne Superior Court. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Nicole Sparks, 23, the mother of 2-year-old Koltyn Sparks-Blackwood, turned herself in to the Waterford authorities in January, …
A New York man is behind bars after police say he fatally beat a boy to death over the weekend. My Plainview reports that the incident happened in Harlem, at an apartment at the St. Nicholas Houses. Responding officers arrived at the residence on Saturday and found Ayden Wolfe, 10, unresponsive, with cuts, bruises, and …
An Arkansas woman is facing charges after allegedly carrying on a sexual relationship with a minor. She’s now pregnant, according to reports. ABC 8 reports that on September 29, 2020, a tipster contacted the Paragould police and said they saw 23-year-old Brittni Gray having sex with a 14-year-old child. Months earlier, in February 2020, the …
A Nebraska woman is facing charges after her 5-year-old non-verbal, autistic son was found in the middle of the road during rush-hour traffic. Lincoln Journal-Star reports that the incident happened Tuesday at around 5:30 p.m. when the boy walked onto the Capitol Parkway near the 27th Street intersection, according to an arrest affidavit. The boy’s …
