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Owen Hidalgo-Calderon: Search continues for toddler boy, still missing after police found mother dead in woods

 Owen Hidalgo-Calderon: Search continues for toddler boy, still missing after police found mother dead in woods
Missing

Police will continue their search Tuesday morning for a missing Sodus, New York,toddler, who vanished almost two weeks earlier. Per WHEC, 173 volunteers combed a farm along Joy Road Monday for 14-month-old Owen Hidalgo-Calderon and will resume their search first thing tomorrow. The Sodus farm is of extreme interest because the missing toddler’s mother, Helena Hidalgo-Calderon, 19, …

Mom, boyfriend beat slain disabled girl so severely that her stomach split open: Report
Murder
May 28, 2018

Mom, boyfriend beat slain disabled girl so severely that her stomach split open: Report

A Virginia woman and her fiancé are accused of beating the woman’s 11-year-old daughter so seriously that the child’s stomach split open days before she died. Latoya Smith, 33, and Demont Harris, 43, are charged with second-degree murder for the May 18 slaying of Heaven Watkins, who relatives told WSET had autism and cerebral palsy. …

Forest High School
Animal Crimes
May 28, 2018

UPDATE: No charges for teacher who allegedly drowned raccoons in front of students

A Florida agriculture teacher who allegedly drowned two raccoons and an opossum during class earlier this month won’t face criminal charges—as authorities determined the killings weren’t cruel or inhumane. In a four-page “decline to file” letter obtained by the Ocala StarBanner, Assistant State Attorney Toby Hunt explained his controversial decision not to prosecute Forest High School agriculture teacher Dewie Brewton. …

Chuckie Mauk
Podcast
May 28, 2018

Monday Crime Stories: Chuckie Mauk: Boy killed on way home from candy store

Three decades have passed since 13-year-old Chuckie Mauk was shot dead during a bike ride to a Georgia candy store. But the search for the killer has not ended. Nancy Grace visits with Chuckie’s mom to discuss the case and the painful loss of her son in this episode. National Missing Children’s Day: Can you …

SEE IT: Hero ‘Spider-man’ climbs building to rescue toddler dangling from balcony
Juveniles
May 28, 2018

SEE IT: Hero ‘Spider-man’ climbs building to rescue toddler dangling from balcony

A young man in France is being hailed as a hero after he scaled four stories to save a child dangling from a balcony in Paris. The Guardian reports that Mamoudou Gassama, 22, has been honored by France’s President  Emmanuel Macron after Gassama was recorded on video climbing a building to save a little boy who was …

[VIDEO] Cop on beach appears to punch underage drinking suspect in the head
Police
May 27, 2018

[VIDEO] Cop on beach appears to punch underage drinking suspect in the head

A Memorial Day weekend trip to a New Jersey beach placed one Pennsylvania woman at the center of the latest case of alleged police brutality caught on video. As WPVI reported, 20-year-old Emily Weinman, of Philadelphia, was on a beach in Wildwood, N.J., when officers attempted to detain her on suspicion of criminal conduct including …

Elderly widow burns to death after falling into backyard fire pit
May 27, 2018

Elderly widow burns to death after falling into backyard fire pit

A 71-year-old Massachusetts woman was found dead Saturday night after reportedly falling into her backyard fire pit. MassLive.com identified the deceased woman as Worchester resident Jacqueline Cardinal. The woman’s daughter, Michelle Gay, told the newspaper that Cardinal was fine 10 minutes before she and her husband came upon the horrifying scene. Fire officials said they believe Cardinal …