Children found weighing only 13 pounds: Blind, nearly lifeless after ‘mom’ allegedly abandons them
Child Abuse
One of the little girls had a bedsore so severe that bone was exposed
Murder
September 17, 2017
Two victims in their 20s found dead in luxury apartment in apparent murder-suicide
A young man and a woman were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Columbus, Ohio. WMCH reports that police found the body of a man and a woman dead of gunshot wounds early Sunday morning in an apartment at Taylor House Luxury Community. Police had responded to a distress call after a friend of the …
School Crimes
September 16, 2017
Suspected school shooter had been suspended for threats
ROCKFORD, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state student accused of a deadly school shooting had been suspended for bringing threatening notes to school shortly before the attack. Freeman School District Superintendent Randy Russell tells The Spokesman-Review that the district followed protocol by suspending the student and sending him for a mental evaluation. The shooting occurred …
National
September 16, 2017
U2, Ed Sheeran cancel concerts after St. Louis protesters disrupt upscale malls, suburbs
By JIM SALTER and SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Noisy demonstrators disrupted shopping at upscale suburban malls on Saturday and later marched through a popular district of bars and restaurant to protest a white St. Louis police officer’s acquittal in the killing of a black man, marking a second day of mostly-peaceful opposition …
Police
September 16, 2017
Police officer in aggressive Utah nurse arrest video sexually harassed a female co-worker
The police officer who lost his job after a violent altercation with a hospital nurse has a history of sexual harassment allegations against him. Salt Lake City Police Detective Jeff Payne is currently under investigation after video footage emerged of a tense encounter with nurse Alex Wubbels at the University of Utah hospital in July. …
Family Crime
September 16, 2017
‘Something must have snapped’: Man kills wife, toddler boy, and infant girl: Police
Tennessee authorities arrested a man after three people, including a woman and her two small children, were found dead in their north Clarksville home on Thursday morning. Clarksville Now reports that Jordan Hazel, 27, was arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on three counts of homicide. He remains behind bars without bond at this time. …
Sex Offenders
September 16, 2017
Mom who stabbed boyfriend six times after finding him naked atop her young daughter escapes charges; suspect charged with rape
An Ohio mom who stabbed her now former boyfriend several times after reportedly finding him naked and on top of her 12-year-old daughter on Tuesday will not face any charges. The ex-boyfriend, however, is behind bars. Cleveland.com reports that police arrested Troy Parks, 31, and charged him with rape and gross sexual imposition. The incident occurred inside a …
Child Abuse
September 16, 2017
Like father, like son? Jeffrey Sandusky’s son admits to child sex abuse
The son of the disgraced Penn State football coach admitted to pursuing teen sisters, asking them for nude photos and oral sex
Juveniles
September 16, 2017
Teen who stabbed classmate as an offering to ‘Slender Man’ found to be mentally ill
One of the teens criminally charged with stabbing a classmate in 2014 to please the fictional character Slender Man will be sent to a mental institution instead of prison. Late Friday night, a Wisconsin jury found that Anissa Weier (pictured left), now 15, was mentally ill at the time of the attack, CNN reports. Weier …
Child Abuse
September 15, 2017
Couple beat, gag and bind 4-year-old twins to wall with duct tape, socks and shoe laces: Cops
Police arrested an Ohio couple after officers allegedly found the man’s 4-year-old twin boys bound, gagged, and duct taped to a wall in their College Hill home, as reported by WLWT. According to KGMH, James Howell, 26, and girlfriend Jamie Carver, 30, are charged with two counts of kidnapping and child endangering. Cincinnati police Detective Janette …
Child Abuse
September 15, 2017
‘He is a predator’: Ex-pastor will spend only 30 days in jail for sexually abusing 9-year-old girl
A former North Carolina pastor who admitted to sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl has been sentenced to just 30 days in jail as punishment for the crime. Eric Dave Jones, 49, pleaded guilty this week in Haywood County Superior Court to a charge of indecent liberties with a child, the Citizen-Times reports. While the felony charge …
Child Abuse
September 15, 2017
Mom tries to kill young kids by strapping them inside car and connecting poisonous exhaust pipe
A Pennsylvania mother was convicted Friday of trying to kill her two young children in a failed murder-suicide attempt, The Citizens’ Voice reports. Melissa Scholl, 34, was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder after prosecutors alleged she strapped the kids in her vehicle and then connected a garden hose from the exhaust pipe …