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Police bodycam footage shows scene at squalid home where mom allegedly stabbed 11-year-old daughter over 50 times before trying to burn the house down with children inside

 Police bodycam footage shows scene at squalid home where mom allegedly stabbed 11-year-old daughter over 50 times before trying to burn the house down with children inside
Family Crime

Authorities have released bodycam footage from the horrific scene they found after a mother allgedly stabbed her young daughter multiple times. 39-year-old Taheerah Ahmad is accused of tying up two of her daughters, aged 11 and 9, before stabbing the 11-year-old “50 to 70 times” and hitting her over the head with a pick-axe May …

Chicago police officer and former Marine kills himself inside squad car: Report
Suicide
July 10, 2018

Chicago police officer and former Marine kills himself inside squad car: Report

A Chicago police officer fatally shot himself in a police station parking lot. The Chicago Sun reports that 36-year-old Brandon Krueger shot himself while in a parked squad car outside of the Area South/5th District police station Sunday night. The officer, a veteran of the United States Marines, reportedly used his own service gun. An autopsy …

Inmate who received letter ID’ing Rachael DelTondo’s alleged killer takes plea deal, will cooperate with murder investigation
Murder
July 10, 2018

Inmate who received letter ID’ing Rachael DelTondo’s alleged killer takes plea deal, will cooperate with murder investigation

The inmate who received a letter claiming to know who killed Rachael DelTondo has accepted a plea deal in exchange for cooperation with the murder investigation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Wayne Cordes, an inmate at the Beaver County Jail, received a letter days after DelTondo’s murder, written by a person who claimed to witness the …

All 12 boys, coach rescued from flooded cave
National
July 10, 2018

All 12 boys, coach rescued from flooded cave

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and STEPHEN WRIGHT, Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — All 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, the Thai navy SEALs said Tuesday, ending an 18-day ordeal that riveted people around the world. The SEALs said on their Facebook page that the remaining …

Trump picks Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
National
July 9, 2018

Trump picks Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — After days of frenzied lobbying and speculation, President Donald Trump decided on federal appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh for his second nominee to the Supreme Court, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court further to the right. Trump chose Kavanaugh to replace retiring …

UPDATE: Mom who says she found her two babies mysteriously dead faces numerous assault charges, asks judge to lower bond
Family Crime
July 9, 2018

UPDATE: Mom who says she found her two babies mysteriously dead faces numerous assault charges, asks judge to lower bond

A Missouri mom who claimed she found her infant daughter and toddler daughter mysteriously deceased outside of her home is facing of slew of charges after she reportedly assaulted her husband last Thursday. CBS Kansas City reports that Jenna Boedecker-Ribando is charged with numerous felonies after she allegedly threw a brick at her husband’s truck as …

DEVELOPING: Mom’s boyfriend charged with child abuse following 1-year-old girl’s death
Child Abuse
July 9, 2018

DEVELOPING: Mom’s boyfriend charged with child abuse following 1-year-old girl’s death

Authorities charged a Michigan man with first-degree child abuse in connection with last week’s death of his girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter. According to 9&10 News, De’Marco McCovery, 22, brought the child to Otsego Memorial Hospital Thursday, where she was ultimately pronounced dead. Hospital staff determined the child’s death was suspicious and called police. McCovery was arrested that night. Michigan …