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Grandmother accused of stabbing toddler girl, baking her in the oven ‘treated her like royalty,’ insists grieving mother

 Grandmother accused of stabbing toddler girl, baking her in the oven ‘treated her like royalty,’ insists grieving mother
Family Crime

The mother of a toddler girl who was allegedly murdered by her own grandmother has reportedly spoken out on Facebook, expressing her grief and apparent disbelief that her mother could have committed such a brutal act. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police found 20-month-old Royalty Floyd dead in her grandmother’s Shaw, Mississippi, home on Monday evening. …

Aaron Hernandez’s brain was secretly transported through underground tunnel: Report
Murder
October 19, 2018

Aaron Hernandez’s brain was secretly transported through underground tunnel: Report

The final installment of the Boston Globe‘s investigative series on the violent life and death of Aaron Hernandez explores a possible connection between the head trauma he suffered as a professional football player and the impulsive acts of aggression that found him on trial for murder twice in his short life. As CrimeOnline reported last …

Maddox Ritch update: Autistic boy’s cause of death could take weeks, even months; investigators still trying to determine how he ended up in a creek [Police]
Unsolved
October 19, 2018

Maddox Ritch update: Autistic boy’s cause of death could take weeks, even months; investigators still trying to determine how he ended up in a creek [Police]

The autopsy for a South Carolina boy found deceased three weeks ago is not complete yet and according to authorities, the public will likely need to wait weeks, possibly months before the results are in. Maddox Ritch, a 6-year-old non-verbal autistic boy, was found submerged in a shallow creek on September 27, around a mile …

Vermont native murdered in Costa Rica, buried in shallow grave: Report
Murder
October 19, 2018

Vermont native murdered in Costa Rica, buried in shallow grave: Report

A Vermont native who resided in Costa Rica was found dead after going missing in August, and authorities are calling his death a murder—with a younger woman reportedly being called a person of interest in the case. The body of Tom Cook, 62, who had been living in Vermont his entire life before recently retiring …

Joe Clyde Daniels: Sheriff says anonymous letter claiming missing autistic boy was given away is likely a hoax, but grandfather insists he’s alive [Report]
Missing
October 19, 2018

Joe Clyde Daniels: Sheriff says anonymous letter claiming missing autistic boy was given away is likely a hoax, but grandfather insists he’s alive [Report]

An anonymous letter sent to the grandparents of a 5-year-old autistic Tennesee boy claiming the child was giving away but still living in the state is likely a hoax, according to Dixon County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe. “I believe this is a staged hoax. We do have the letter and it is being investigated,” Bledsoe told …

Cops arrest man and 2 teens after discovery of missing man’s remains: Authorities
Homicide
October 18, 2018

Cops arrest man and 2 teens after discovery of missing man’s remains: Authorities

Authorities in California say a man and two juveniles are expected to face charges including murder after the body of a missing man was found near a Santa Cruz County road earlier this month. As KSBW reported, the human remains were spotted on Oct. 13, three days after Bernardo Rodas was reported missing. Authorities indicated …

[UPDATE] Jury acquits two workers after water park ride decapitates 10-year-old boy
October 18, 2018

[UPDATE] Jury acquits two workers after water park ride decapitates 10-year-old boy

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas water park workers were acquitted Thursday of impeding an investigation into the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated while on a ride that had been billed as the world’s tallest waterslide. David Hughes and John Zalsman were found not guilty of obstruction of justice in …