A Michigan couple was arrested on murder charges in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy, who authorities say was found dead inside of a “makeshift cage” on March 12. Matthew James Luke and Jamie Lynn Starr, both 34 years old, of Wayne, were charged with second-degree murder on Saturday in the death of …
A California woman is behind bars after police say she killed her 4-year-old stepson then claimed it was accidental. On Thursday she pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. Daily Press reports that officers with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department arrested 24-year-old Rose Marie Schmittle and charged her with murder and “assault on a child …
A DuPage County judge ordered an Illinois stepmother who spiked a toddler’s sippy cup with nail polish to spend the next 10 years behind bars. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Andrea Vazquez-Hernandez, 37, tried to poison her 17-month-old step-daughter with nail polish on Sunday evening in May 2016. Vazquez-Hernandez called 911 and claimed the little girl accidentally got into the polish, …
A Texas woman who allegedly beat, burned and forced her stepsons to vomit faces a fresh allegation of child abuse. Sara Anne Woody, 25, has been charged with first-degree injury to a child with serious bodily injury, the Times Record News reports. Last year, Woody was indicted on 27 counts of injury to a child …
