A second person is facing criminal charges months after a Texas mother allegedly left her two toddler children in a hot car for more than 15 hours. The San Antonio Express-News reported that Amanda Hawkins was indicted in August on two charges of injury to a child and two charges of endangering for the deaths of …
Local activists say Jalen Vaden’s confession was coerced and accused police of compromising the crime scene
A Minnesota home daycare provider is facing murder charges for allegedly shaking a little boy to death two days before he would’ve turned one. The Star Tribune reported that Sylwia M. Pawlak-Reynolds, 42, of Minneapolis, was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree murder for the July 16 death of Gabriel Cooper. Cooper lost consciousness while …
A former student teacher at a Connecticut high school is facing criminal charges for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student. The Harford Courant reported that Tayler Ivy Boncal, 22, is accused of having oral sex and intercourse with a student at Conard High School in West Hartford. Though the student was of age, state …
The state of Wisconsin has fined a Sun Prairie assisted-living facility after an elderly resident with dementia was found frozen to death outside last year. WISC reported that Faith Gardens was fined $4,200 and was ordered to not accept any new residents after Alice L. McGaw, 84, was found dead behind a nearby business on …
Police in Ohio have made an arrest after discovering a body encased in concrete in the backyard of a Massillon home. The Canton Repository reported that Massillon police made the grisly discovery Friday while searching for Nicholas A. Stein, who was reported missing on February 9, 2017. A tip reportedly indicated that the man was last seen alive at …
“Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle – the ex-NYPD officer who was jailed for his plans to kidnap and eat young women – has written a fictional novel that revisits the fetish that destroyed his career. Valle, 33, recently told the Daily Mail that his new book, “A Gathering of Evil,” channels his controversial cannibal fetish through the …
The City of Perris, California, and the Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation have unveiled a scholarship program aimed at providing the 13 siblings allegedly subjected to unthinkable torture with a college education. In a statement, the foundation announced the creation of the “Perris Bright Futures Fund,” an account intended to help the Perris siblings rebuild their lives and pay for …
A Michigan father who claimed he gave his three sons to a family more than seven years ago said in a jailhouse interview that he regrets his decision and misses his boys. Speaking with WDIV from an Ionia County prison, John Skelton cried as he recounted how he gave his sons, Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, …
Actress Uma Thurman has broken her silence to accuse disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. In an explosive interview with The New York Times, Thurman, 47, said the incidents with Weinstein, 65, began after working on Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction. “I knew him pretty well before he attacked me,” she recalled. “He used to spend …
A Racine, Wisconsin, father is facing criminal charges for allegedly pouring vaping liquid into his 9-week-old son’s mouth to get him to stop crying. WITI reported that police were called to the home early Thursday following reports that an infant boy was suffering a medical emergency after his father, Dustin Appenzeller, 30, gave him vaping liquid …
The Arkansas parents of a 2-week-old baby girl found with dozens of rat bites learned their fate this week. Erica Shryock and Charles Elliott were sentenced to five years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to permitting the abuse of a minor. Eligible for parole in 304 days, their attorney told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that his …
