Florida police reportedly arrested a woman late last month after an investigation uncovered that she left her seven children home alone for at least a month. WSVN reported that on August 27, North Miami Beach police responded to a residence after a boy called 911 claiming his mother had not enrolled him in school. Responding officers …
Earlier this month, a Virginia woman and her adult daughter were arrested for allegedly neglecting the woman’s mother to the point that she required hospitalization. The 74-year-old victim reportedly lived in Pittsylvania County with her daughter and granddaughter, Shannon and Brianna Tipton, and Brianna Tipton’s child. WSET reported that authorities got involved after hospital staff …
Prosecutors recently upgraded charges against an Arkansas couple whose 7-month-old daughter reportedly starved to death in September. In February, Crystal Morrow, 24, and Dustin Harley, 19, were arrested on manslaughter charges in connection with the death of their daughter, Kimberly Harley. The Texarkana Gazette reported that they were also criminally charged with child endangerment, as …
An Indiana woman was arrested on neglect charges a day after Tuesday’s death of her 11-month-old daughter. WRTV reported that Emmarie Pablo died shortly after being transported to a hospital in Elmwood. As of Thursday, her mother, Anna Pablo, 22, is facing preliminary charges in connection with her death. Danielle Noone, the Madison County Coroner, …
Police said the teen is doing ‘really well’ in foster care
A New York woman is accused of leaving a 2-year-old boy in a scalding hot bath unattended, resulting in the toddler suffering burns to 20 percent of his body. Nassau police said Yenci Lopez, 19, was caring for the toddler on Sunday evening when she put him in the hot bath. Though the boy screamed, …
A homicide investigation is underway after an autopsy determined that a 1-year-old Texas toddler who was reportedly found dead with her brother in late September died of neglect. While Janea Boyd’s cause and manner of death have been determined, KWTX reported that autopsy results for her brother, Terric Boyd, 2, remain pending. On September 30, …
Two parents in Florida are facing criminal charges after their 18-month-old son reportedly died of malnutrition while in their care. Sheila O’Leary called for help on September 27 after finding her son unresponsive and cold at their Cape Coral home. The toddler, who was pronounced dead at the scene, weighed 17 pounds at his time …
“I saw her putting chemicals, bleach, Windex something like that, in my coffee and I asked her, what are you doing? She said, ‘I am trying to poison you.'”
An Indiana couple who allegedly adopted a disabled 8-year-old girl from Ukraine— only to abandon her years later and move to Canada—was criminally charged on Wednesday. Kristine and Michael Barnett, 45 and 43, are facing neglect of a dependent charges for allegedly leaving their adopted daughter in a rented Lafayette apartment in July 2013. The …
A Wisconsin mother has been arrested after her teen son reportedly died while extremely malnourished, weighing only 42 pounds. Iraida Pizarro-Osorio, 32, took Hector Pizarro, 16, to the Sixteenth Street Health Center last Wednesday. The teen, who has autism and a history of epilepsy and seizures, reportedly had a faint pulse and died shortly after …
An Indiana mother was arrested earlier this month for allegedly leaving her toddler son in a hot car during a Department of Child Services meeting regarding an incident involving her 4-day-old son. Jennifer K. Ost, 27, reportedly arrived at Community Hospital and met with a DCS worker and hospital police officer on July 16, days …
