Connecticut

‘God got into my body and walked me downstairs with my baseball bat’: Son allegedly gives ‘very detailed confession’ to missing mom’s murder

 ‘God got into my body and walked me downstairs with my baseball bat’: Son allegedly gives ‘very detailed confession’ to missing mom’s murder
Murder

A Connecticut man with a history of mental illness reportedly confessed to killing his mother, who was reported missing by her sister days earlier. WFSB reported that the missing persons investigation involving Donna Tucker, 60, turned into a murder investigation Friday afternoon. The woman’s son, Kyle Tucker, 34, gave police a “very detailed confession” that took more …

DCF closes case A MONTH before mom starves disabled teen son to death
Child Abuse
June 6, 2018

DCF closes case A MONTH before mom starves disabled teen son to death

A Connecticut mother who starved her disabled teen son until he died—weighing 84 pounds—was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Tuesday. According to WVIT, mother Katiria Tirado, 34, was found to have screwed kitchen cabinets shut and locked the refrigerator to prevent son Matthew Tirado, 17, from overeating. Katiria had claimed that the teen had …

Parents brutally beat 6-week-old baby, gruesome injuries ‘described as non-survivable’: Cops
Child Abuse
May 25, 2018

Parents brutally beat 6-week-old baby, gruesome injuries ‘described as non-survivable’: Cops

Authorities in Connecticut say a man and woman abused their infant so severely the young victim is not expected to survive the injuries. According to WTIC, authorities were dispatched to the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center earlier this week in response to injuries staff believed to be consistent with child abuse. Among the child’s reported injuries …

Man facing incest charges kills his daughter, their child, her adopted dad and himself: Cops
Homicide
April 12, 2018

Man facing incest charges kills his daughter, their child, her adopted dad and himself: Cops

The bizarre claims surrounding a relationship between a North Carolina man and his biological daughter took a tragic turn this week when police say he went on a rampage that claimed the life of four, including himself. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities say 42-year-old Steven Walter Pladl and his 20-year-old biological daughter, Katie Rose Pladl, …

Student posts images of bloodied face, claims model ex broke his nose when he tried to break up
Domestic Abuse
March 9, 2018

Student posts images of bloodied face, claims model ex broke his nose when he tried to break up

A college student in Connecticut is exposing what he claims are injuries inflicted by his former girlfriend earlier this month when he told her he wanted to end their relationship. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 19-year-old student and model Kathryn Mahoney was arrested on suspicion of second-degree felony assault and a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct …

Tayler Boncal
Teacher Scandals
February 6, 2018

Student teacher has sex with teen student, tells police that she ‘loved’ him: Cops

A former student teacher at a Connecticut high school is facing criminal charges for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student. The Harford Courant reported that Tayler Ivy Boncal, 22, is accused of having oral sex and intercourse with a student at Conard High School in West Hartford. Though the student was of age, state …

‘They should be ashamed of themselves’: Army vet says VA hospital left scalpel in body 4 YEARS after surgery
Court
January 15, 2018

‘They should be ashamed of themselves’: Army vet says VA hospital left scalpel in body 4 YEARS after surgery

An Army veteran has filed a lawsuit, accusing a surgeon at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut of leaving a scalpel inside his body–where it remained for four years before being discovered. According to the Hartford Courant, Glenford Turner, 61, claimed underwent a robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy at the West Haven VA on August 30, 2013. He reportedly …