An Iowa woman convicted of confining her boyfriend’s 8-year-old son under basement stairs has been sentenced to a year in jail, but with time previously served while awaiting trial, she could be be released within three months or less. The Courier reports that the sentencing portion of the trial for Traci Tyler, 40, concluded on …
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 …
A Texas couple is behind bars on felony child abuse-related charges after authorities said they locked their 4-year-old son in a kennel, forced him to drink his own urine, deprived him of water, and beat him. Dallas News reports that Matthew McMahon, 29, and Randa Askew Faust McMahon, 36, both of Shelbyville, are currently being held …
