A Michigan woman charged earlier this week with child abuse for severe injuries inflicted on her girlfriend’s 4-month-old daughter has now been charged with murder. Doctors at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids turned off life support for little Renzi McCall on Thursday, WXMI reported. Savannah Miller, 31, was arrested on Sunday after the …
The Alabama nursing student who drew national attention when she faked her own kidnapping a year ago spoke out this week on her now private Instagram account, for the first time since she was sentenced to a year’s probation, community service, and mental health counseling. Posting for her 27th birthday, Carlee Russell wrote that she …
A New York man who appeared on “Jeopardy!” turned himself in on Thursday for soliciting sexually-explicit photos from children. According to the New York Times, math teacher Winston Nguyen, 37, was first arrested last month at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights. In at least 11 instances between October 2022 and May 2024, Nguyen allegedly …
North Carolina police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who vanished on Tuesday. WJZY reported that Akira Richard was last seen at a friend’s home in Concord. Details regarding Richard’s disappearance are scarce, but her family said she does not have a cellphone. Richard was described as standing 5 feet, 1 inch tall and weighing …
A 41-year-old Washington state woman was taken into custody this week on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of her newborn in February 2023. The womanbut was ordered held Wednesday on a $150,000 bail, KOMO reported. An arrest report says she did not know she was pregnant and began having labor pains while riding her …
A 17-year-old Georgia girl was found dead over the weekend, and the man suspected of killing her is in critical condition with a gunshot wound. Savannah Police said they were called to the home of Maria Pollock Saturday night on a report of gunshot, WJCL reported. Maurice Pollock, 43, was found at the scene with …
An Alabama man awaiting trial in the death of his son, whose decomposing body was found in a non-function freezer, has died. Court records say Michael Halstead, 44, was out of jail on bond when he died on July 7, death. A cause of death was not released. Halstead and his wife, 44-year-old Karen Halstead, …
A woman scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for her husband’s murder was found dead in her Connecticut home. Connecticut State Police went to Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi’s home in Burlington shortly after 10:30 a.m. after someone reported they were unable to contact her, The Associated Press reported. Troopers were also unable contact anyone inside, and they entered …
A Kentucky woman was arrested on Sunday afer her 20-month-old child overdosed on drugs. Jasmine Bartolo was charged with four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, first degree criminal child abuse 12 or under, possession of marijuana, and trafficking in carfentanil or fentanyl derivative, the Hopkinsville Police Department said in a statement. Police said they were …
Georgia sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a fetus was found in a dumpster at a Grovetown Walmart on Tuesday. Columbia County Sheriff’s Major Steve Morris told the Augusta Chronicle the department was called shortly before 6 p.m. The fetus is being sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for an autopsy, he said. Officials know …
An 18-year-old man has been charged with multiple counts, including driving while intoxicated and driving without a license, in a fatal crash that killed two Louisiana 18-year-olds and injured two others early Sunday morning. The Louisiana State Patrol said that Axel Fores-Cordova was found to have a blood alcohol concentration of seven times the legal …
