Toddler boy dies after being left in hot car on 100-degree day: Cops
child endangerment
Neighbors claimed the 2-year-old had been left in the car a week prior to the deadly incident
Child Abuse
July 9, 2018
DEVELOPING: Mom’s boyfriend charged with child abuse following 1-year-old girl’s death
Authorities charged a Michigan man with first-degree child abuse in connection with last week’s death of his girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter. According to 9&10 News, De’Marco McCovery, 22, brought the child to Otsego Memorial Hospital Thursday, where she was ultimately pronounced dead. Hospital staff determined the child’s death was suspicious and called police. McCovery was arrested that night. Michigan …
Kidnapping
July 9, 2018
‘I wish they never would have found her’: Mother of infant raised by kidnapper for 18 years says daughter made ‘mockery’ of her life
Mother Shanara Mobley reportedly cut ties with daughter Kamiyah, 20, for talking to her jailed abductor mom
Elderly Abuse
July 9, 2018
Grandmother on oxygen machine dies hours after electricity company shuts off power, family says
A New Jersey woman suffering from congestive heart failure reportedly died seven hours after a utility company shut off her electricity because she was late on her bill. According to NJ.com, Linda Daniels, 68, was undergoing hospice care at her Newark home. Her family said Daniels depended on her oxygen machine to breathe—and it was at …
child endangerment
July 9, 2018
Police find baby boy buried alive and facedown after mother’s boyfriend says infant is ‘someplace in the mountains’
Police said a ‘faint cry’ led them to the wet and freezing 5-month-old
Murder
July 9, 2018
WATCH LIVE: D.A. in Jessica Chambers murder case responds to accusations of coaching a witness in hearing
A defense attorney representing the Mississippi man charged in the burning death of Jessica Chambers filed a motion accusing a district attorney of coercing a possible witness to provide false testimony in the 2017 trial that ended with a hung jury. LocalMemphis.com reports that Darla Palmer accused District Attorney John Champion of pressuring Jalen Asir Matthews Caudle …
child endangerment
July 6, 2018
Mom arrested for allegedly abandoning nonverbal son at busy train station
Police have arrested a California mother hours after she reportedly returned to the downtown Los Angeles train station where she allegedly abandoned her 7-year-old son. The Associated Press reported that the unidentified woman was taken into custody Thursday afternoon as she arrived at Union Station. Cafe workers had spotted a woman and the boy eating Wednesday …
Celebrity Justice
July 6, 2018
YouTube stars die in 100-foot waterfall plunge
Three popular travel bloggers died Tuesday after falling over a waterfall in British Columbia and plunging 100 feet to their deaths. According to the BBC, Ryker Gamble, 30, Alexey Lyakh, 30 and Megan Scraper, 29, died at Shannon Falls when Scraper slipped into the water leading Gamble and Lyakh, her longtime partner, to attempt to rescue her. …
Missing
July 6, 2018
MISSING: Mom flees with 2 kids after learning infant son tested positive for drugs, police say
Police in California are searching for a mother who reportedly fled with her 11-month-old son and 2-year-old daughter after the infant tested positive for drugs. KTXL reports that mother Tina Baiz took Zeke to Rideout Memorial Hospital Wednesday for a medical emergency. With his IV still in, Baiz reportedly took her son from the hospital …
Murder
July 6, 2018
Justice for Junior: Unreleased video footage reportedly shows terrified teen running for blocks before machete stabbing death
Anywhere from 15 to 20 Trinitarios gang members chased Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz for blocks before he was stabbed to death in front of a Bronx bodega, sources recently revealed. A law enforcement source exclusively told WPIX that investigators are reviewing surveillance footage that suggests Guzman-Feliz, 15, was running for his life for blocks before seeking refuge at Cruz …
Child Abuse
July 5, 2018
‘Dad’ tosses children out car after demanding they give him money—then drives off as one kid clings onto bumper: Report
A Louisana father is facing criminal charges after he allegedly threw his three children out of his car before driving off while one held onto the bumper. NOLA.com reported that Kenneth Watson, 57, was spotted suddenly stopping at an intersection and forcing three children out his car on the evening June 29. Witnesses claimed the children …
Bullies
July 5, 2018
HEAR IT: Secret recording appears to catch teacher calling 5-year-old boy a ‘loser’
A recording reportedly caught a Florida kindergarten teacher calling a 5-year-old student a “loser”—and now the boy’s mom is demanding answers. Speaking with the Miami Herald, Kandy Escotto said she noticed a change in her son, Aaron, last fall, which entailed him bringing home bad grades and dreading going to school. She recalled doing homework with …