Year: 2017

Girl, 13, charged after suicide ‘prank’ leads to 11-year-old’s own suicide
Bullies
April 19, 2017

Girl, 13, charged after suicide ‘prank’ leads to 11-year-old’s own suicide

A 13-year-old girl is facing charges after she allegedly made her 11-year-old boyfriend believe she killed herself—resulting in the boy hanging himself. CNN reported that Tyson Benz’ mother, Katrina Goss, claimed the girl pretended to be other people online to perpetuate the sick joke. Goss said she found her 11-year-old son hanging by his neck in …

Arkansas mom jailed for keeping kids in maggot-infested home
Child Abuse
April 19, 2017

Arkansas mom jailed for keeping kids in maggot-infested home

A Blytheville, Arkansas, woman is facing child endangerment charges after authorities allegedly found her children living in a home inundated with maggots. KAIT reported that neighbors called police Tuesday morning after they heard children screaming from inside the residence. The children not only refused to open the door for officers but cursed at them, according to …

Two Missouri men accused of kidnapping, raping woman with autism
Kidnapping
April 19, 2017

Two Missouri men accused of kidnapping, raping woman with autism

Two men—one who is an undocumented immigrant—allegedly kidnapped an autistic woman and sexually abused her for several days. KYTV reported that the 22-year-old victim left her Greene County, Missouri, residence early on April 15 and family members discovered her not far away outside a mobile home on April 17. Leaving an unintelligible note behind, the woman …

Dr. Death: Prosecutor compares surgeon who mutilated patients to a serial killer
Bad Doctors
April 19, 2017

Dr. Death: Prosecutor compares surgeon who mutilated patients to a serial killer

A former Dallas neurosurgeon will be spend the rest of life behind bars after intentionally maiming a patient. A Dallas County jury sentenced him to life in prison on Monday after being found guilty earlier this year of severely injuring an elderly woman. Dallas News reports that Christopher Duntsch, 45, who once practiced medicine at hospitals in …

Son tries to run over father, dad shoots him
April 19, 2017

Son tries to run over father, dad shoots him

A Fort Worth father shot his son as the young man was trying to run him over with his car. According to the Dallas Morning News, an identified 28-year-old man got into an argument with his father in East Forth Worth on Tuesday morning — and it turned violent when he tried to run his father …

Police: So-called ‘mom’ burns her little boy with hot iron for forgetting school work
Child Abuse
April 19, 2017

Police: So-called ‘mom’ burns her little boy with hot iron for forgetting school work

A Pembroke Pines, Florida, woman was booked into jail on Monday after police arrested her for allegedly burning her 9-year-old son with a hot clothes iron. CBS Miami reports that Tamecha Jean, 32, was arrested in Broward County on child abuse charges. She’s accused of burning her son twice on his chest with the tip of the iron and …