A Texas mother is accused of physically and mentally torturing her sons, including denying them food and whipping them with cables, KPRC-TV reports. Prosecutors have charged 53-year-old Annette Bogany with two counts of injury to a child as well as two counts of causing serious mental injury to a child. Houston police rescued the children, who …
A safety warning has been issued for a popular child sleeper after at least 10 infant deaths in the device, CBS News reports. On Friday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price warned the public about Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Plays because of reports that infants can roll over in the device. The federal agency said …
A 15-year-old Louisiana girl reportedly “madly in love” with a man three times her age was found safe in Colorado on Friday. ABC News news reports that Domeena Spell was found in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, in the company of 47-year-old Corey Shane Disotell. According to Port Barre Police Chief Deon Bordeaux, the teen was unharmed. Authorities …
Authorities in Florida say a 47-year-old band director at a school in Orange County was arrested on suspicion of having sex with a juvenile boy in an act they say was caught on video. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Christopher Michael Blackmer was arrested in connection with a video reportedly recorded in 2014 showing him …
A Michigan family has agreed to an $8.25 million payout nearly nine years after an officer shot and killed a 7-year-old girl during a police raid which crews filmed for the A&E series “The First 48.” The Detroit News reported that the city of Detroit and family of Aiyana Stanley-Jones reached a settlement Thursday, days before a …
Authorities in Massachusetts say a manhunt has been called off with the arrest of a suspect accused of using a meat tenderizer during an attack on his mother. According to Boston.com, the Walpole Police Department had announced officers were looking for an armed man initially reported to be in possession of a knife. Reports later …
Authorities in Arizona say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing two young twins this week at a residence in Tucson. According to KNXV, 55-year-old Dorothy Flood was treated for an apparent drug overdose Thursday afternoon when emergency personnel from the Northwest Fire agency arrived at the home in response to reports of …
A killer who opened fire at a California elementary school in 1979 thinks she may be to blame for the succession of school shootings in the U.S. that followed. Brenda Ann Spencer, now 56, has spent the last 40 years in prison at the California Institution for Women. Authorities arrested Spencer when she was 16, after …
A father of a 5-year-old girl has reportedly admitted to fatally beating her because she wasn’t doing her homework. KOAT obtained a criminal complaint showing that Brandon Reynolds admitted to police that he beat his daughter in a rage after he “blacked out” while spanking the girl, who was found unresponsive in his Albuquerque home …
An Arizona man was arrested Thursday after allegedly fatally shooting a 10-year-old girl in an apparent road rage incident. Joshua Gonzalez, 20, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault following Wednesday’s shooting death of Summerbell Brown. According to the Arizona Republic, Gonzalez followed the family’s vehicle as they pulled into the driveway of their Phoenix …
A 4-year-old Louisiana boy remains unaccounted for a year after reportedly vanishing while in the front yard of his home. Rondreiz “Junior” Phillips reportedly wandered from his Lisbon home on April 5, 2018, as his stepfather worked on a vehicle. Police said they have received limited leads, despite A&E’s “Live PD” airing a segment on Phillips’ disappearance …
When a young man said he was Timmothy Pitzen, who was six when he vanished in 2011, investigators worked furiously to verify his claim. The boy’s family, who have been praying for 8 years that Timmothy would be found alive, waiting in agony for DNA test results. How do you protect your children from predators? …
