Oberlin grad, musician murders mother, grandparents in brutal bludgeoning: Police
Family Crime
The suspect also allegedly murdered his grandparents’ caretaker, who lived at the Groton home
Child Abuse
September 11, 2017
‘DaddyOFive’ couple sentenced for traumatizing children in Youtube ‘prank’ videos
The Maryland parents behind the controversial Youtube channel DaddyOFive were reportedly found guilty of child neglect Monday and sentenced to five years supervised probation. According to The Frederick News-Post, Mike and Heather Martin, of Ijamsville, entered Alford pleas to two counts each of child neglect. For reference, an Alford plea allows a “claim neither of guilt nor innocence toward charges brought …
Violent Crime
September 11, 2017
4 arrested in deaths of 2 young girls on Colorado farm
NORWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Four people have been arrested in the deaths of two young girls whose bodies were found on a farm in rural southwestern Colorado. The San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday that the bodies of the girls, who were between the ages of 5 and 10, were found Friday on a …
Unsolved
September 11, 2017
Kenneka Jenkins: Mom believes teen found in freezer was murdered, accuses police of not taking case ‘seriously’ [UPDATE]
The mother of a Chicago teen reportedly found dead in a freezer Sunday said she believes her daughter was murdered and accused police of not adequately searching for the missing teen. WGN reports that the body of Kenneka Jenkins, 19, was discovered in a walk-in freezer at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont. Family members and …
Violent Crime
September 11, 2017
‘That’s the Devil baby’: Woman reportedly stabs 8-DAY-old baby in the eye
A Pennsylvania woman is behind bars after she allegedly stabbed a newborn in the face and accused the infant of being a ‘”devil.” FOX8 reports that Tanishia Fielder, 32, is accused of stabbed her 8-day-old son in the eye on Friday, after she stabbed the the infant’s father. When authorities arrived to the scene in Swissvale, Fielder …
Violent Crime
September 11, 2017
Pregnant teen shot twice in head, miraculously survives
A pregnant 19-year-old is in critical condition after being shot in the head in broad daylight in Brooklyn on Sunday. New York Post reports that a male suspect shot Tytianna Sparks at around 12:40 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, in front of her Crown Heights residence on Dean Street. The teen was just five months pregnant, but …
Consumer
September 11, 2017
‘Evil cow’ bride-to-be allegedly robs fiancé and friends of $17,000 by faking bachelor party trip in elaborate revenge plot
The 30 revelers realized when they arrived to the airport that their boarding passes to Ibiza were forged
National
September 11, 2017
We Remember: 16 years later, US commemorates the fallen loved ones of 9/11
By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims’ relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday with a solemn and personal ceremony. About a thousand 9/11 family members, survivors, rescuers and officials were gathered as the ceremony …
September 10, 2017
‘Chaos’: Death toll rises to 90 after Mexico devastated by earthquake
JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — Government cargo planes flew in supplies and troops began distributing boxes of food to jittery survivors of an earthquake that destroyed a large part of Juchitan and killed at least 37 people here, even as officials on Sunday raised the nationwide death toll to 90. Some people continued to sleep outside, …
Family Crime
September 10, 2017
Neighbors open door to naked recent college grad, covered in blood and mud: ‘Help me … I murdered four people’
The suspect is a recent graduate of the prestigious Oberlin college
National
September 10, 2017
‘Pray for everybody’: Irma begins its assault on Florida
By TAMARA LUSH and JAY REEVES, Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Announcing itself with roaring 130 mph winds, Hurricane Irma plowed into the mostly emptied-out Florida Keys early Sunday for the start of what could be a slow, ruinous march up the state’s west coast toward the heavily populated Tampa-St. Petersburg area. “Pray, pray …
Child Abuse
September 10, 2017
Abuse of 2-year-old girl by parents was ‘torture,’ leading to brain bleeding, bone fractures, doctor says
Authorities arrested a New Jersey couple after their 2-year-old daughter was airlifted to a hospital for brain bleeding, burns and bone fractures — injuries one doctor said came from abuse equivalent to “torture.” Police on Friday detained Yolanda Torres, 33, and Jose Velez, 52, of Galloway, New Jersey, the Star-Ledger reports. Authorities believe that Torres …
