On Thursday, two newborn babies were found unresponsive at an Illinois childcare center in Streeterville. According to Fox 32, at around 6:58 p.m., officers responded to the Bernice Lavine Early Childhood Education Center at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital campus, in the 400 block of East Ontario. A janitor discovered two newborn girls unresponsive inside a …
A Florida couple was arrested on Thursday for killing their 18-month-old daughter, who they allegedly left in a car overnight after the Fourth of July. Joel and Jazmine Rondon, both 33, reportedly left a party with their daughter and two other children, ages 8 and 6, at 2 a.m. Upon arriving at their Winchester Estates …
Former University of Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna took a plea deal in Gainesville this week, successfully dropping child pornography charges stemming from a 2022 incident. According to the Orlando Sentinel, on Wednesday, Kitna entered into a plea agreement with the State Attorney’s Office for the Eighth Judicial Circuit in Alachua County, removing five felony child …
Salt Lake City police have arrested a man they chase struck a man on a scooter, killing him, and drove away without stopping. Investigators said they found Robert Johnson Boyatt, 53, at 8 p.m. Thursday night at a campsite in Tooele County, KUTV reported. He is accused of making a U-turn in the early hours …
Police in New York and Pennsylvania are looking for the suspect in a May murder who escaped jail Thursday night. Investigators said Michael Burham, 34, was last seen in Pennsylvania just before 11:30 p.m., according to the Post-Journal. He was wearing orange and white striped, jail-issue pants, a white t-shirt, and a blue denim jacket …
Tennessee prosecutors announced Thursday they would seek the death penalty for a man charged with kidnapping and killing Memphis kindergarten teacher Eliza Fletcher last year. Cleotha Abston, also known as Cleotha Henderson, is accused of kidnapping Fletcher, 34, while she was out on her morning run and forcing her into an SUV, CrimeOnline reported. Her …
An Iowa teen who pleaded guilty to beating his Spanish teacher to death over a bad grade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with a 35 year minimum. Judge Shawn Showers told now-18-year-old Willard Miller during the sentencing hearing that he is “fortunate” that state law doesn’t permit juveniles to be sentenced to life …
A 5-year-old boy and his grandmother were killed last week when a driver crossed the center line and hit their car. Investigators said the driver, who was identified only as a man in his 30s, was allegedly driving under the influence. Aura de la Cruz Calderon de Tobar, 74, and Yeshua Elijah Cordova Tobar were …
Authorities reportedly used cell phone data from Wynter Cole Smith’s suspected kidnapper to locate her body on Wednesday. On Sunday, Rashad Trice, 26, allegedly stabbed Smith’s mother and sexually assaulted her. Trice, who previously dated Cole Smith’s mother, then took the toddler and fled in a stolen car, according to authorities. Three days later, an …
A 4-year-old Indiana girl was shot and killed by a 5-year-old sibling Wednesday. Cumberland Police Chief Suzanne Crooke-Woodland told WTHR that Deor Neita was playing with her other siblings in the apartment, but investigators have not determined how the child got hold of the gun and whether any charges will be filed. “She was upstairs …
A New York man is in jail on charges connected with the deaths of his mother and brother, Police said they have surveillance video showing 40-year-old Roscoe Danielson removing his 31-year-old brother’s body from the Queens house the brothers shared with their mother, WNBC said. Kyle Danielson’s body was found in a garbage bag down …
Michigan police confirmed Thursday that the FBI has taken over the investigation into the death of Wynter Cole Smith, the 2-year-old girl who was the subject of an AMBER Alert before her body was discovered on Wednesday. Lansing Police Department Public Information Director Jordan Gulkis told the Lansing State Journal that the FBI is leading …
