New Mexico social workers are using qualified immunity as a defense for a wrongful death lawsuit filed after an infant died in foster care. In 2017, 11-month-old Ariza Barreras died while in the care of a state respite care foster parent, Stephanie Crownover. Ariza and her siblings were dropped off days earlier at Crownover’s home in …
A California woman who did not return home as scheduled from a camping trip in Southern California has been rescued. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Holly Jochum, also known as Holly Casner, had traveled in an RV to Big Bear National Park from her home in Orange County. She reportedly contacted her family on Sunday, December …
An Arizona woman has been arrested for assaulting her children and stepchildren for not wearing masks after they tested positive for COVID-19. Sarah Michelle Boone has been charged with three counts each of child abuse and assault as well as disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. She was also reportedly intoxicated when she struck the children.
New York police are investigating a woman found dead in a Staten Island apartment building garbage chute Friday afternoon, the New York Post reports.
A West Virginia man has been charged with murder in the death of his parents, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office reports. Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford told WVMetroNews that investigators were trying to determine if an ax found at the scene was the murder weapon. Tsukasa and Claudette Kambara apparently died from multiple lacerations, the …
A man who ran a Washington-based cadaver management business was arrested in Arizona Tuesday in connection with human remains that were found dumped in two different wooded areas days earlier. Yavapai County police arrested Walter Mitchell, 59, in Scottsdale on charges of abandoning or concealing a dead body. The Arizona Republic reported that Mitchell ran …
A federal appeals court has lifted the execution stay for Lisa Montgomery, the only female on federal death row. As CrimeOnline previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss previously vacated an order that scheduled Montgomery for execution on January 12, which was a new date after the court rescheduled her first execution, which was set …
Ohio police are investigating the New Year’s Eve death of a 4-month old girl after a man told 911 he found the baby not breathing and with a dog lying on top of her. Dayton Police identified the little girl as Raelynn Larrison and said that the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office would determine the manner …
A Florida man who served nearly two years in prison for impersonating a doctor as a teen has been arrested again, this time for fraud and grand theft, WPTV reports. Malachi Love-Robinson, now 23, was arrested Thursday morning and released on bond later in the day. Police say he had clients of a shipping broker …
On Tuesday, an Ohio judge ruled that parents of an 8-year-old boy who died by suicide in 2017 can sue the school district for their son’s death. Carson Elementary student Gabriel Taye was reportedly bullied in the three years leading up to his death. The third-grader’s parents sued Cincinnati Public Schools’ Board of Education, alleging …
Texas authorities are searching for information that will lead to the whereabouts of a teen girl missing for days. CBS 3 reports that 15-year-old Grace Leann Carter was reported missing on December 29 after vanishing from a home in Jewett, off of County Road 362. According to police, Grace was last seen at the home …
A United Nation’s diplomat in her 30s was found dead in her Midtown Manhattan apartment on Thursday. According to the New York Post, a preliminary investigation indicates the unidentified woman died of suicide. She was reportedly found face-down with a belt around her neck. Investigators also found near-empty bottles of melatonin, a natural, non-narcotic sleep …
