An Iowa woman has been sentenced to spend 20 years behind bars after she was convicted of allowing her adopted granddaughter to starve to death nearly a year ago. As CrimeOnline previously reported, five members of the family were initially charged in connection with the 16-year-old girl’s death, which authorities believe occurred between May 1 …
A rusted water heater is reportedly to blame the tragic deaths of an Iowa couple and their children who died while on vacation in Tulum, Mexico last month. Mexican police told the Des Moines Register that an appliance in use at the vacation rental home where the Sharp family spent spring break had rusted due …
“He won the Iowa Lottery. He’s celebrating. He thinks he’s terrific…Where’s her justice? Where’s her celebration?”
Authorities in Tennessee have arrested an Iowa man on suspicion of murder after his parents and niece were found dead in Nebraska this week. According to the Omaha World-Herald, 18-year-old Leonna Dalton-Phillip and her grandparents, John Dalton Sr., 70, and Jean Dalton, 65, were shot and killed around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Dalton-Phillip had just arrived …
An Iowa teen who recently beat cancer said her high school reprimanded her for wearing a hat. The Hawk Eye reported that Chloe Terpenning, 15, was diagnosed with stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma in March and lost her hip-length hair shortly after undergoing chemotherapy. Now in remission, the West Burlington High School freshman claimed she had to …
The Iowa mother who left her four young children home alone while she took an 11-day European vacation pleaded not guilty in court last week. Erin Macke, 30, was charged with four counts of child endangerment and one count of transferring a firearm to a person under 21. She pleaded not guilty in a written …
A teenage mother in Iowa was arrested after police say her two small children were spotted running naked near a busy road this week. According to WHO-TV, Adel police received a report around 9 p.m. Thursday of the two toddlers playing in their yard, close to a congested intersection along Highway 6. The children’s mother, …
An Iowa couple was arrested Wednesday after their 4-month-old son’s body was allegedly found covered in maggots in his swing. The Kansas City Star reported that Cheyanne Harris, 20, and Zachary Koehn, 28, were charged with first-degree murder and felony child endangerment months after Sterling Koehn’s death. The father called 911 on August 30 to their …
The day after an Iowa woman was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment for leaving her four preteen children home alone while she traveled in Europe, her ex-husband told Inside Edition he is not surprised to hear that she was charged with such reckless behavior. As CrimeOnline reported this week, Johnston police believe 30-year-old Erin …
An Iowa court has agreed to a plea deal for a woman who tried to flush her newborn son down a toilet before abandoning him in a hospital trash can, as reported by NBC 13. Reports indicate that Ashley Hautzenrader, 24, was originally charged with attempted murder but made Alford pleas in regards to the neglect or …
Police have arrested an Iowa couple, accusing the duo of severely burning a disabled teenager in a bath of bleach, and then waiting days, while driving across the country, to get her medical care, according to The Des Moines Register. Katrina Joy Eubanks, 51, and Garry Eubanks, 55, were looking after Airionna Bent, 19, on …
Five family members are facing charges after a 16-year-old girl reportedly died in their Iowa home, weighing 56 pounds. Officials said Sabrina Ray’s adoptive brother, Justin Dale Ray, 21, kicked the teen down the basement staircase before her other family members held her captive and tortured her to death. Police found Sabrina’s lifeless body in the Perry residence …
