Year: 2021

Murder
February 6, 2021

Daycare owner charged with MURDER after 4-month-old found dead

An Atlanta area home daycare operator has been charged with murder after a 4-month-old baby was found dead in her care earlier this week, 11Alive reports. Amanda Harris Hickey, 45, initially reported the incident herself on Wednesday, according to the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL), saying the child had been sleeping in …

Jail
February 6, 2021

Inmates attack guard, set fires inside St. Louis jail

Jail officials used tear gas to bring inmates at the St Louis City Justice Center under control Saturday morning following an hours-long melee that included smashed windows, flaming debris, and clogged toilets, the St Louis Post Dispatch reports. Authorities said the disturbance began at about 2:30 a.m. when a guard and an inmate fought and …

Murder
February 6, 2021

‘Incredibly tragic’: Illinois father suspected of killing young daughter, self

An Illinois man allegedly murdered his young daughter and then killed himself in a horrific set of events this week, the Daily Herald reports. Authorities on Thursday afternoon discovered the bodies of 9-year-old Adrianna Anderson and her father, 36-year-old Christopher Anderson, inside the father’s Lake Villa, Illinois, home. Both died from what the Lake County coroner’s office described …

Major Turner
Juveniles
February 6, 2021

‘Joyful’ Alabama boy fatally shot while lying on the couch with his mother

A young Alabama boy was fatally shot this week while lying on the couch with his mother, prompting outrage in the community as a family grieves the senseless loss of a child, the Birmingham News reports. Shortly after 2-year-old Major Turner and his mother finished dinner on Thursday night, someone fired nearly a dozen bullets toward the family’s …

Kidnapping
February 5, 2021

Babysitter blocks mom on app, flees with 3-month-old boy

A 20-year-old babysitter is in jail Friday on charges of abducting a 3-month-old Virginia boy on her first day caring for him, WAVY reports. Little Jiraiya Cherry’s family found Tykirah Reid via an online babysitting group and invited her for a tryout on Thursday at their Newport News apartment. Reid was communicating with the baby’s …

Juveniles
February 5, 2021

BREAKING: 3 children shot in south Toledo, 2 fatally; suspect in custody

Two children were dead and a third was in critical condition after a shooting at an Ohio apartment complex Friday afternoon, Toledo police said. The department said the shooting came during a domestic dispute, and a suspect is in custody. Police have not released the names and ages of the victims or the suspect. Neighbors …

Child Abuse
February 5, 2021

Mom wraps cord around neck of her 2-month-old baby

A central Michigan woman has been charged with child abuse, assault, and domestic violence after she allegedly wrapped a cord around her infant’s neck, UpNorthLive reports. Skyler Warner, 21, was arrested on Thursday over the incident, which took place on Tuesday. Police said they were called to a home in Shepherd early that morning. The …

Kidnapping
February 5, 2021

Fake cop kidnaps 2 teen girls, tries to molest one of them

A New York man accused of luring two teenage girls into his car while pretending to be a police officer told reporters his behavior was caused by drugs and alcohol. Donald Cristiano Jr., 46, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday on charges of second-degree kidnapping, endangering the welfare of a child, first-degree criminal impersonation, …