A judge has sentenced a Minneapolis, Minnesota, man to 25 years behind bars, after he was convicted of fatally beating his 4-month-old daughter just because she was making baby noises, according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. On August 13 2016, Cory Morris, 22, struck his daughter, Emersyn, more than 20 times and roughly squeezed her chest because she …
The teenager may be tried as an adult
Allison Cope, the 24-year-old airport employee who disappeared while on break from her job at Starbucks, has been found, alive, at a Virginia Beach hospital, according to WCNT. The Raleigh-Durham Airport (RDU) Authority Police Department has issued a statement on the good news. “Late last night [July 1], the Airport Authority Police Department was notified …
A Texas jury has sentenced a 56-year-old man, a nine-time felon with a lengthy history of carrying out sex acts on vegetables and children’s clothes, to life in prison after being convicted of tampering with evidence, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Charles Robert Ransier has been racking up convictions since 1988. The Comal County, Texas, jury …
A Missouri state trooper pleaded guilty to a boating violation in the drowning death of a handcuffed man, according to The Kansas City Star. On Tuesday, Anthony Piercy (pictured left) pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a negligent operation of a vessel charge in the May 2014 death of Brandon Ellingson, 20 (pictured right). He faces—at most—six months in …
The courts sentenced a Virginia woman who beat her 3-year-old goddaughter to death to 30 years behind bars, according to CBS6. Danielle Turner, 25, carried out the unthinkable abuse on infant Latrice Walden in February. Turner originally claimed that Walden had hit her head on the faucet when she slipped in the bathtub. She later admitted to hitting the baby …
Florida police have announced that a 14-year-old boy shot himself in a Miami gun range on Thursday afternoon. The shooting is being investigated as a possible suicide, according to CBS Miami. Vincent Colonna was with his father at the Gun World gun range when the teen suffered what authorities are suggesting was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. …
A British court has gone against the parents’ wishes and ordered that a terminally ill infant’s life support be cut off, according to The Washington Post. On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights upheld a lower court’s decision to let 10-month-old Charlie Gard die. The boy’s parents argued that new treatments were available in the …
A Michigan woman allegedly bound her 11-year-old son by the wrists and locked him inside a car outside a cemetery before setting the vehicle on fire. The 48-year-old woman is facing attempted murder and arson charges in connection with Tuesday’s incident. Authorities said the woman’s husband called police at 11:30 a.m., reporting that his wife might …
An investigation is underway after an elderly couple was reportedly found dead in a sweltering room at an Arizona retirement facility. Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputies discovered the bodies of Keith and Connie Cox during a welfare check on Friday. Authorities believe their deaths were heat-related as air conditioning at the Apache Junction home appeared to be …
Police are not launching a criminal investigation “at this time”
Two California families have blamed their teen daughters’ suicides on the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. Bella Herndon (pictured left) and Priscilla Chiu (pictured right), both 15, reportedly died by suicide in April. The teens didn’t know each other, but they had one thing in common: they watched the controversial Netflix show days before taking their …
