Mother smothers her two children to death: ‘I gave them a choice’
Murder
The children’s father was found torn apart by feral dogs years before
Murder
June 1, 2017
Police: Mom murdered by her own ‘wanna-be’ actress daughter
Nevada arrested a woman and charged her with murder after her mother was found dead in their Henderson home on Tuesday. CBS 8 reports that Carly Kalbfleisch, 26, reportedly stabbed her 65-year-old mother numerous times, causing fatal injuries. The incident took place off of the 3700 block of Via Gaetano Street, at close to noon. Kalbfleisch called …
Murder
May 31, 2017
Police: Georgia mom who ‘willfully’ left toddler son unsupervised for 14 hours before he drowned gets slapped with felony murder charge
A Bartow County, Georgia, woman is facing a felony murder charge after her 3-year-old son drowned in a swimming pool on Monday. Reportedly, the little boy was left unsupervised for 14 hours. On Memorial Day, paramedics and police were called to a home close to Cartersville, Georgia, after the toddler was found unresponsive in an above-ground …
Court
May 31, 2017
Prosecutor: Quadruple murder suspect to face death penalty for shooting and burning his family
Prosecutors in Platte County, Missouri, will seek the death penalty if Grayden Lane Denham is convicted in the horrific murders of his grandparents, sister, and infant nephew, CBS News reported Monday. The bodies of Russell Denham, 82, Shirley Denham, 81, Heather Ager, 32, and her 3-month-old son, Mason, were found shot dead and burning outside …
Murder
May 29, 2017
Louisiana woman arrested for stabbing boyfriend to death with knife
A Louisiana woman is behind bars after she reportedly stabbed her boyfriend to death on Sunday. KALB reports that deputies with the Marksville Police Department were dispatched to a home off of Todd Drive in Marksville on Sunday, at around 9 a.m. According to the responding officers, 21-year-old Meagan Guillot was in the home with her boyfriend, …
Unsolved
May 29, 2017
Mom of two shot to death while baby sat in back seat
A San Antonio, Texas, mother was fatally shot at a gas station while her young daughter sat in the back seat. KENS reported that police found an unresponsive woman at a Citgo gas station at approximately 10:45 pm Saturday. The victim, who was shot in the stomach, was transported to a nearby hospital in serious condition. She later died from …
Child Abuse
May 26, 2017
How did social workers ignore years of red flags before Adrian Jones death?
Kansas social workers and police were suspicious about how Adrian Jones’s stepmother abused the child for years before he was starved to death and fed to pigs, according to documents recently unsealed by a court. But a lack of coordination with Missouri officials apparently left the boy unprotected as the family moved across state lines. …
Child Abuse
May 23, 2017
Dad shakes baby boy to death: 3-month-old had dozens of broken bones, severe bruises
A Portland, Maine, father who shook his 3-month-old so severely that he suffered hemorrhaging and more than two dozen broken bones was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday. Eugene Martineau, 25, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the October 2015 death of his infant son, Leo Josephs. Josephs, who died from head trauma …
Murder
May 22, 2017
Kingston Frazier Update: Bond denied for all three suspects, prosecutors gun for death penalty
Three Mississippi teens accused of killing a 6-year-old little boy on Thursday were denied bond on Monday morning during their first court appearance since their arrest. USA Today reports that Dwan Wakefield and DeAllen Washington, both 17, and Byron McBride, 19, stood in front of a judge at the Madison County Justice Court, where they were denied …
Murder
May 21, 2017
Parents accused of starving toddler who died at 7 pounds: ‘There’s no law that I have to hold my daughter’
Newly released police interviews revealed that the mother of a 13-month old who starved to death claimed she didn’t know her daughter was the weight of a newborn when she died. The tapes, released by the State Attorney’s Office on Thursday, provided a glimpse into Kristen Meyer-Aleman and Alejandro Aleman’s mindsets months after the April …
Weird Crime
May 20, 2017
Elderly woman found with part of her chin bitten off and human bite marks all over; caregiver arrested
An elderly woman in Arkansas who was found with human bites marks all over her died on Thursday, and police say the woman hired to care for her is possibly responsible for her murder. ABC 7 reports that the victim was found on the floor of her Cherokee Village home by her son, unconscious and with from human bite marks …
Murder
May 20, 2017
Kingston Frazier Update: Youngest suspect in trio accused of killing 6-year-old names the shooter
Dwan Wakefield tells police who the shooter is, while Wakefield Sr. insists his son isn’t involved.