A mother was charged with misdemeanor child abuse months after her 3-year-old son fell to his death at a North Carolina airport. WSOC-TV reported that Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have issued an arrest warrant for Jitteria Lightner in connection with Jaiden Cowart’s death at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on September 25. The deadly incident reportedly occurred in …
A 5-year-old boy is dead after he was shot inside a Los Angeles-area home. KTLA reports that the unidentified boy was shot Wednesday afternoon in the Leimert Park area of south Los Angeles. He was reportedly transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead. A spokesperson with the Los Angeles Police Department told the news …
After beautiful teen Francis Victoria Garcia dies, suspect Michael Gaffney claims it happened during rough sex. The pair leave a Halloween party for alone time in a parking lot at a high-rise apartment building. Their 20-minute encounter ends tragically. Gaffney says the girl’s death was unintentional. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss the case: Dr. Wendy …
Surveillance footage provided to CBS showed the final moments of a toddler’s life before she fell to her death while aboard a Caribbean cruise ship in July. Chloe Wiegand, an 18-month-old toddler from Granger, Indiana, was on the cruise with family when she lost her life aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas cruise ship. …
A 10-year-old New Jersey boy died on Wednesday, five days after he was shot in the neck during a high school football game. The Cherry Hill Courier Post reported that Micah Tennant, who was in a coma, succumbed from injuries he sustained during Friday’s playoff game between Camden High School and Pleasantville High School. The …
The mother of a missing Florida girl was transferred to jail on Thursday, following a suicide attempt earlier this month, online jail records confirm. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Department, Brianna Williams, the mother of 5-year-old Taylor Williams, is listed as an inmate in the Duvall County jail. She’s facing two felony child neglect charges, …
Authorities have issued an AMBER Alert for a three-week-old infant who is believed to have been kidnapped by her biological mother, who does not have custody. KSL reports that Audrey Westfall, who is three weeks old, was abducted from her grandmother’s home in Clinton, Utah. Authorities reportedly believe the infant was taken by mother, 25-year-old …
One of the three men charged in connection with the murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers is on trial for the beloved physician’s brutal death. Day two of the trial against Teresa’s husband, Mark Sievers, 51, started Thursday inside a Lee County, Florida, courtroom. Sievers is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. If …
Three Ohio men have been charged with raping an unconscious 17-year-old girl and publishing parts of the rape to Snapchat. Quentin Smith and Alexander Wood, both 18, were arraigned in Warren County Common Pleas Court in Mason on Wednesday. Dominic Cboins, also 18, is scheduled to be arraigned on November 22, Fox 19 said. Court …
A Texas woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison this week for sending homemade bombs to then-President Barack Obama and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2016, KHOU reported. Julia Poff, 48, pleaded guilty in July to the transportation of explosives with the intent to kill, injure and intimidate a person. In addition to Obama …
A Canadian flight attendant is recovering from a brutal assault while on vacation in Mexico 10 days ago, one that required hours of reconstructive surgery and left her with impaired vision in both eyes, multiple stitches, and a very swollen face. Lexie York, 29, told CBC that she hoped to be able to fly home …
The person who witnessed a man abduct an Alabama teen last month initially did not contact authorities because his wife told him not to get involved, court testimony revealed on Wednesday. Kidnapping suspect Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, was denied bond and ordered to submit his DNA during the preliminary hearing. Auburn police detective Josh Mixon testified …
