Are COVID-19 deaths causing officials to overlook homicides? A forensics expert says it’s possible, given the mass amount of deaths occurring and the limited amount of resources. Joe Scott Morgan, a medicolegal death investigator and a Distinguished Scholar of Applied Forensics at Jacksonville State University says the legal and medical fields are in a position …
An Illinois man is behind bars for sexual assault after allegedly abusing a child in his care for almost years, police say. NBC 5 reports that from June 1, 2016, until April 1, 2018, an unnamed child was temporarily living with Kevin Tayon, 46, at a home in Pontoon. The child was 7 and 8 …
A police department in Maine is warning the public about an apparent scam going around via text messaging. The message, according to the Thomaston Police Department, claims that the recipient was in contact with someone diagnosed with coronavirus. The text message leaves a link and prompts people to click on it for additional information. “DO …
An AMBER Alert was issued Thursday for a 5-year-old Griffin, Georgia, girl. Police are searching for 2-year-old Amina Cole, who may be traveling in a grey 2014 Chevrolet Cruze with 21-year-old Johnetta Leigh Taylor. The car’s Georgia license plate is RSP6855. Anyone with information on the pair’s whereabouts should contact Griffin police immediately at 678-758-8739. …
She claimed her son was with her father, according to police, but officials say a body found inside a Wisconsin woman’s trunk was her son. Green Bay-Gazette reports that authorities contacted 26-year-old Sagal Hussein on January 26, following reports of a neighbor seeing her two young children, ages 2 and 6, playing outside without supervision. …
A missing child has been located safely and a woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted list is in custody. The Madisonville Mentor reports that authorities detained Heather Renee Inks in Madisonville, Texas, on April 4, five years after she allegedly vanished with her daughter. Inks is facing charges of interfering with child custody and unlawful …
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A Georgia boy is accused of breaking into a dollar store to steal snacks, police say. According to the Hapeville Police Department, the incident happened at the Family Dollar store in Hapeville last week, overnight. The suspect, identified as a 13-year-old boy, had been thrown out of the store the previous day and returned after …
A 2-year-old Indiana boy reported missing was found deceased on Monday afternoon, according to authorities. Courier & Press reports that a toddler in Evansville, identified as Carter Pickerell, was found inside a neighbor’s koi pond. The boy’s father, who contacted 911 when his son disappeared, told the dispatcher there was no way the child could …
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A fourth child abuse investigation in less than a month in Tarrant County, Texas, has started after a little boy died on Easter from alleged “severe child abuse.” Forth Worth Star-Telegram reports that 3-year-old Amari Boone passed away at around 1:20 a.m. on April 12 at Cook Children’s Medical Center. According to the Tarrant County …
A Miami doctor says she no longer has custody of her 4-year-old daughter after her rights were taken away from her for treating coronavirus patients. CNN reports that Dr. Theresa Greene, an emergency medicine doctor, claims that it was discriminatory for a judge to take her rights as a parent away from her. Greene’s daughter …
