Year: 2019

‘Hateful monster’ mom tortures, starves toddler son until he weighs only 15 pounds — then brutally beats desperately hungry, dehydrated boy to death
Murder

A Louisiana mother was sentenced on Monday to life in prison without parole for beating and starving her 2-year-old son to death in September 2017. Twyena Thomas, 29, was convicted of the second-degree murder of Chase Thomas, who died from various blunt-force head injuries. While the toddler was extremely malnourished and dehydrated, prosecutors said 15 …

Attempted Murder
September 30, 2019

Mississippi mom of three drives into lake with child in SUV: Police

Mississippi police charged 34-year-old Cari Cullum of Hamilton with attempted murder on Friday, a week after she backed her vehicle into a lake while she and one of her three children were inside, the Clarion-Ledger reported. According to WTVA, the incident happened in the evening on September 21 when officials were alerted that a man …

Celebrity Justice
September 30, 2019

R. Kelly: Jailed singer seeks RELEASE before trial, claiming he’s too sick & famous to flee

R. Kelly, who remains jailed on federal charges in Illinois, is citing a slew of mental and physical ailments as the reason he should be released from jail before standing trial on multiple sex-related charges. A lawyer representing Kelly, 52, said the singer has “numbness in his hand, anxiety, and an untreated hernia” in an …

Child Abuse
September 30, 2019

‘Didn’t want that f**king baby anyway’: Mom films herself blowing smoke in baby’s face, shaking & dropping her [Docs]

A Tennessee mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly filming herself smoking in her 1-month-old daughter’s face in addition to lifting her in the air with one hand and shaking her. WTVC reported that Chattanooga Police responded to Tybresha Sexton’s residence on Sunday after people alerted them to the video, which was live-streamed on Facebook. …