A Pennyslvania couple was arrested this week after probation officers found their 6-year-old child in a bedroom surrounded by rotting food, trash, and an “abundance of flies.” In fact, trash was everywhere in the Altoona home, according to the complaint against Travis J. Huff, 35, and Amanda M. Huff, 36, along with more rotting food …
A California man was sentenced Tuesday to 230 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend’s 16-year-old son last year. Hileberto Valtierra had been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Angel Trejo. He was also sentenced for shooting his ex-girlfriend’s 20-year-old son in the back. At the time of the shooting, …
When 14-year-old Alianna DeFreeze failed to show up for school, no one called her parents to let them know. It turned out the student was kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered by a man who snatched her as she stepped off a school bus. Tragically, Alianna is not the only student to go missing on their …
A 3-year-old child died in New York on Thursday after her caretaker drove an hour-and-a-half to a hospital he believed would provide her with better treatment than medical facilities in closer proximity. As the New York Post reports, Anthony Richardson, a friend of the child’s family, was caring for 3-year-old Jaylynn Evans at his Mott …
Authorities in Ohio are looking for a man who allegedly fled a courthouse Tuesday while awaiting sentencing for drug charges. Nickolaus Garrison, 34, reportedly escaped from the Highland County Common Pleas Court, where he was sentenced to six months on a charge of aggravated possession of methamphetamine. Court office administrator Marsha Oyer told The Highland …
On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning after videos reportedly surfaced on TikTok encouraging the recreational use of Benadryl. In the statement, the FDA said they are aware of reports of teenagers being hospitalized or dying after participating in TikTok’s “Benadryl Challenge.” Officials are reportedly investigating these reports, and are conducting a …
An Alabama woman accused of abusing and neglecting her children is back behind bars after violating her bond agreement. In January, as CrimeOnline previously reported, three people were arrested after deputies conducted a welfare check at a home in Lee County, Alabama. Authorities found wooden cages and “evidence that the children had been locked in the …
Arizona authorities are asking for the public’s assistance for any clues or tips that will lead to the person responsible for leaving an infant behind a strip mall in Phoenix. Fox 10 reports that police responded at around 1 p.m. on Thursday to a call about an unresponsive infant behind a business at 35th Avenue …
A Denver man has been charged with murder in a fatal shooting that began over a dispute about children playing in a yard, Denver7 reports. Jason Arroyo, 33, has been charged with the murder of Patricia Cruz, 55, who died 11 days after the September 6 incident in the city’s north end. Cruz’s son, Chris …
A North Carolina grand jury returned indictments of first degree murder for a Taylorsville man and his teenage girlfriend, both already charged with three other murders in what the county sheriff called a “mass murder,” WBTV reported. Areli Aguiree Avilez, 30, and Heidi Darlene Wolfe, now 18, were charged with the murders of Avilez’s ex-wife, …
Two Amish brothers in Missouri pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges that they repeatedly had sexual relations with a younger sister, who gave birth to a child by one of them a few weeks earlier. But on Thursday, a prosecutor filed a motion in a Webster County court to revoke probation for Aaron C.M. …
A Wisconsin man is facing criminal charges after his 2-year-old son reportedly shot himself in the head with a stolen gun on Saturday. Tommy Smith III, 29, was charged with neglecting a child and causing great bodily harm following a reported shooting that has left his toddler son in critical condition. Smith had driven to …
