Tennessee mom charged with shooting death of 5-year-old daughter
Murder
Robin Howington tried to blame her toddler son for the shooting
Child Abuse
May 31, 2020
Memphis man charged in toddler girl’s death; Mother said her son told her he once punched him in the stomach
A Memphis man has been jailed on murder and child abuse charges after a toddler in his care was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and later died. Staff at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital contacted Memphis police on Thursday about the 23-month-old girl after Victor Williams, the mother’s boyfriend, said he found the child …
Child Abuse
May 29, 2020
SECOND child’s remains linked to couple who starved adopted kids & kept them imprisoned in basement: Docs
Remains discovered by authorities Saturday may have been the adopted son of a Tennesee couple who allegedly buried another adopted child in their backyard. Citing a warrant, WATE reported that the unidentified remains were discovered on a Knox County property where Michael Gray, Sr., 63, Shirley Gray, 60, their five adopted children, and their adult …
Murder
May 26, 2020
HOUSE OF HORRORS: Cops find skeletal remains of girl who died years earlier after being fed only bread and water for months; brother rescued from confinement in feces-strewn concrete basement [Report]
An ongoing child abuse and neglect case in Tennessee reportedly resulted in investigators finding a girl’s skeletal remains in a couple’s backyard on Saturday. According to 1057News.com, authorities got involved on Friday, after someone called 911 about a 10-year-old boy walking alone in the street in Roane County. Officers eventually made contact with the boy’s …
Cold Cases
May 7, 2020
Former trucker nabbed for murders of 3 women in Wyoming and Tennessee in early 1990s: Are there more victims? [Reports]
A former long-haul trucker suspected of killing at least three women in Wyoming and Tennessee nearly 30 years ago made his first court appearance Thursday in Iowa, where he waived extradition. Clark Perry Baldwin, 58, told the court an Iowa investigator spoke with him after his arrest and asked about a local case, according to …
Murder
May 6, 2020
Investigators have ‘person of interest’ in disappearance and death of Tennessee toddler Evelyn Boswell
Tennessee investigators say they have a “person of interest” in the death of toddler Evelyn Boswell, whose remains were found in a shed on her grandfather’s property on March 6. Captain Joey Strickler of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office did not name the person of interest during an interview with WJHL on Wednesday. Investigators are …
Attempted Murder
April 20, 2020
10-year-old boy’s throat slashed while playing a video game
A 29-year-old Tennessee man has been jailed after he allegedly slashed a 10-year-old boy’s throat while he was playing a video game, Tennessee River Valley News reported. The incident took place Sunday evening at a residence in rural Lewis County, about 80 miles southwest of Nashville in the central part of the state. The suspect …
Murder
March 25, 2020
UPDATE: Mother admits to killing infant daughter 10 years earlier; She lied then and destroyed evidence
Metro Nashville police took a phone call from Zohal Sakwall on January 31, and the story she told them was shocking. Sakwall, 40, told officers that she had put a plastic bag over her infant daughter’s head and suffocated her because of “the disruption to her life caused by having the child,” police said. Even …
Murder
March 24, 2020
Mom gets away with murder for 10 years. Then, she calls the cops and admits to murdering her infant daughter [Report]
A Tennessee mother was arrested on first-degree charges on Monday, weeks after she allegedly called police and told them that she killed her 4-month-old daughter in 2010. Metro Nashville police claimed Zohal Sakwall, 40, originally lied about how her daughter died, destroyed evidence, and staged her baby’s death to make it look like an accident. …
Murder
March 18, 2020
Mom dies days after fatally stabbing toddler son with kitchen knife: Report
A Tennessee woman believed to have fatally stabbed her toddler son last Wednesday died Tuesday from injuries she sustained in the apparent murder-suicide. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Melani Sue Brown, 38, died after undergoing emergency surgery for self-inflicted injuries she sustained at her Lenoir City apartment. The mother allegedly killed her son, King Brown, …
Sex Crimes
March 2, 2020
Dance teacher rapes underage student & infects him with HIV. He gets less than a year behind bars
A Tennesse man who raped a 16-year-old student in 2015 and infected him with HIV was sentenced on Friday to nine months behind bars. WREG reported that John Conner III, 30, is also required to register as a sex offender for life. The victim joined Conner’s dance team after meeting him through social media in …
Drug Crime
January 28, 2020
SEE IT: Defendant lights up a joint and SMOKES IT during court appearance for marijuana possession
Spencer Boston reportedly lit up while talking to the judge about marijuana legalization