Toddler boy dies as Mom delays getting help; 3-year-old found unconscious, severely beaten while boyfriend babysits: Report
Juveniles
Another child had been removed from the home weeks before Kei’mere Marshall’s death
Missing
August 19, 2020
BREAKING: Police reveal likely cause of death of missing Kansas wife Marilane Carter
Carter’s body was found inside an empty shipping container
child neglect
August 19, 2020
SEE IT: Florida mom leaves child at home, tries to kidnap neighbor’s child [Police]
A Florida mom is behind bars after she left her child home alone early Tuesday morning and went to a neighbor’s home, where she tried to kidnap the neighbor’s child, WFLA reports. St Petersburg Police Department detectives said that Hannah Braun, 28, left her home at 2 a.m. and went to a neighbor’s home, where …
Murder
August 19, 2020
‘Should’ve ducked!’: Juvenile detention officer suspended over comments about 5-year-old boy shot in head while riding bike
A detention officer has been suspended after he allegedly posted derogatory comments on Facebook about a young boy killed while out riding his bike. New Jersey detention officer Rome Smith allegedly wrote last week that Cannon Hinnant, a 5-year-old boy killed August 9 while playing in his front yard with his sisters, “should’ve ducked,” according …
Attempted Murder
August 19, 2020
Beloved pizza man shot on subway platform after accusing alleged shooter of following him
New York police say they’ve arrested a Queens man who allegedly shot another man on a subway platform in Grand Central Terminal over the weekend, the Flushing Post reports. Tearance Crumpty, 26, reportedly followed 40-year-old David Altamirano off a train and shot him in the arm, according to the criminal complaint. The complaint says the …
Child Abuse
August 19, 2020
Child sexual abuse victim confronts her rapist nearly 30 years after the crimes
Beth R. waited nearly 30 years to confront the man who sexually abused her from the time she was 11 years old until she was 16, and she did so bravely, reading her 11-page victim impact statement in full during the sentencing hearing for Charles LeRoy Rutledge in San Diego.
Murder
August 19, 2020
BREAKING: Tennessee tot Evelyn Boswell’s mother charged with her murder
A grand jury in East Tennessee has indicted Megan Boswell, mother of deceased toddler Evelyn Boswell, on 19 counts, including two counts of felony murder, WJHL reports. Boswell, 19, has also been charged with single counts of aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, and failure to report a …
Extortion
August 19, 2020
Arizona man charged with plotting to kill brother, turn his family into sex slaves
An Arizona man was arrested last week on a string of charges relating to his increasingly bizarre behavior over money he and his brother inherited from their grandparents. Mesa police said they began their investigation in March when the victim contacted them to say he was being threatened by his brother, Ross Paul Emmick, despite …
Juveniles
August 19, 2020
Search continues for missing Pennsylvania 8th grader as police reveal she left ‘goodbye’ note for family
Updated: 1: 15 p.m. Thursday Lower Paxton Police have announced that 13-year-old Destiny Snyder has been found safe, nearly a week after she went missing from her home in the early hours of Saturday morning. Local station WGAL firstreported the news. The police department issued a statement confirming Destiny’s safe return. “Destiny Snyder (13 years old), …
Murder
August 19, 2020
17-year-old boy charged in death of female high school friend; 3 more teens charged with trying to help him flee
North Carolina police have arrested four people in connection with the death of a 17-year-old girl shot to death inside her car outside a Raleigh Bojangles restaurant over the weekend, WRAL reports. Devin Cordell Jones, 17, has been charged with the murder of Veronica Lee Baker Saturday night. Keyshara Michelle Deans, 19; Nezyiha Zamir Collins, …
Juveniles
August 19, 2020
Dead husband of ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow was alone in apartment, possibly for weeks, until neighbor noticed flies, stench coming from home: Police report
Though Lori Vallow was listed as Jospeh Ryan’s next of kin, police did not contact her until 10 days after Ryan’s body was found
Missing
August 19, 2020
Crystal Rogers: FBI searches missing mom’s storage unit in Kentucky
Federal agents were seen Wednesday morning sifting through a Kentucky storage unit belonging to Crystal Rogers, the Bardstown mother of five who vanished in July 2015, according to WLKY. The FBI took over the investigation into Rogers’s disappearance after human remains were found on the Washington-Nelson County line — a few miles east of Bardstown …