A mother has been charged with murder and a stepfather with endangering children after a 7-year-old Ohio boy died at his home, ABC 6 reports. Columbus police officers responded to a call about a drowned child at about 8 p.m. Saturday night, the station said, and found Fabian Maldonado-Cortez unresponsive. He was taken to Nationwide …
The car keys were still in the ignition
Authorities in Ohio announced this week that they solved the murder of a 15-year-old boy whose dismembered body was discovered on a road in 1983. The Columbus Dispatch reported that the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office used DNA phenotyping, genetic genealogy, and forensic genealogical research to identify John Muncy’s killer. Though Muncy’s dismembered remains were discovered …
Skeletal remains found in southern Ohio over the weekend have been identified as a Riverside mother who vanished nearly two years ago in the midst of a “messy” divorce, the Dayton Daily News reported Monday, citing the Greene County Sheriff’s Office. Cheryl Coker, 46, disappeared on October 2, 2018, after she dropped her daughter off …
Authorities in Ohio arrested a woman on Wednesday, months after her newborn son was reportedly found dead in a trash bag at a college dormitory. Breyona Reddick, 18, was charged with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, endangering children, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse. The Ravenna Record-Courier reported that DNA evidence helped investigators …
Authorities announced that remains discovered in Ohio on Sunday belong to a Kentucky girl who mysteriously vanished in 2010. An unidentified man reportedly contacted the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office and claimed he’d discovered possible human remains in a wooded area near Williamsburg Township. Clermont County police, along with the Clermont County coroner and Covington, Kentucky, …
Police in Ohio have arrested three women who allegedly sexually abused several boys and girls as young as 3 years old. Magan Richmond, 32, Tasha Stringer, 37, and Kathryn McMullen, 36, were charged with felony rape. The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted to Facebook that the women molested several children, between …
An Ohio man learned on Monday that he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his 1-year-old son in 2018 amid a custody dispute with the toddler’s mother. To avoid the death penalty, Jason Shorter, 42, pleaded guilty in January to aggravated murder and kidnapping charges related to Nicholas Shorter’s …
Authorities in Ohio are asking for the public’s help in locating a teen girl who reportedly vanished from her high school on Thursday night. According to WEWS, Isabella Heinzerling, 16, fled Rhodes High School as she, her father, and stepmother were meeting with child services. Cleveland.com reported that the meeting was in regards to an …
Recently-released surveillance footage reportedly shows an inmate at an Ohio jail fall through a ceiling while trying to escape from jail late last month. WHIO, who obtained the footage, reported that the video shows Jessica Boomershine, 42, at Montgomery County Jail. Boomershine and another man were jailed late last month for allegedly breaking into a …
A daycare owner in Ohio was cited for child endangerment after a 2-year-old boy in her care was reportedly found on a toy tricycle near a busy road in freezing temperatures. Citing Sandusky police, WABC reported that officers found the disorientated child wearing soaked pants and socks. The boy was reportedly unable to tell officers …
Authorities in Ohio are searching for a woman after her three children were reportedly found abandoned in a van parked at a gas station on Monday morning. The Maple Heights Police Department learned of Tomeeka Pope, 27, and her children’s disappearance on Sunday. Pope’s mother called the police after not being able to contact them …
