Texas woman Tonya Couch, mother of the “affluenza teen” who killed several people during a drunk driving crash in 2013, is back in jail after breaking stipulations of her bond agreement. Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that 52-year-old Couch, who was out on bail and awaiting trial for allegedly sneaking her son Ethan Couch into Mexico …
An Alabama man is accused of raping a 5-year-old girl, who was subsequently hospitalized and underwent surgery following the attack. Montgomery Adviser reports that 28-year-old Steven Sarandon Barnes was captured over the weekend and charged with first-degree rape and chemical endangerment of a child. According to Millbrook Police Chief P.K. Johnson, Barnes is accused of …
The parents of 5-year-old A.J. Freund appeared in court today, facing murder charges after the little boy was found deceased last week. A.J.’s mother reportedly seemed dazed and confused while a judge questioned her. NBC Chicago reports that 36-year-old JoAnn Cunningham appeared only two minutes before a judge in a Woodstock, Illinois, courtroom, and explained …
Upset she couldn’t get into a homeless shelter for the night, a New York mother is behind bars after she allegedly slashed her two young children with razor blades. ABC 7 reports that 24-year-old Shanice Martin slashed her 6-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl across the throat on Saturday night, allegedly slashing the boy so severely …
After a woman left her grandchildren inside a car for less than a minute while wheeling her sick daughter into the Atrium Medical Center emergency room in Middletown, Ohio, a car thief took the opportunity to jump in the woman’s car and drive off, almost taking an 8-year-old and his 10-year-old sister with him. “I …
A Texas mom is behind bars for the death of her 6-week-old baby daughter but insists her “rough” toddler son must have killed the baby. Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that 25-year-old Halle Marie Murry said she woke up on January 14 to find her 6-week-old infant’s lifeless body in the floor, while her 3-year-old son …
The family of a 5-year-old Minnesota boy who was thrown from the third-floor balcony at the Minneapolis Mall of America earlier this month, is no longer in critical condition. ABC reports that the family’s lawyer, Stephen Tillitt, read a statement written by the family of young boy, Landen, who has been unconscious for two weeks …
Two Illinois Department of Family Children Services employees were relieved from their duties on Friday, while officials continue to investigate the workers’ past interactions with slain boy A.J. Freund and his family. According to DCFS, the agency is “conducting a comprehensive review of our work” with the family of the 5-year-old boy, who was found dead …
Andrew “AJ” Freund, a 5-year-old Illinois boy found dead and buried in a shallow grave on Wednesday, died from numerous blunt force injuries to his head, according to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office. McHenry County Interim Coroner David Devane, who released the boy’s official cause of death results on Thursday afternoon, noted that A.J. had …
He was born with opioids in his system and police officers were called to his home numerous times. Yet for years, the Illinois Department of Family and Children’s Services allowed 5-year-old A.J. Freund to live in a reported filthy, decrepit unsafe home, until his death earlier this month. “This agency, there is no direction, no …
California authorities released a new sketch of a man accused of trying to kidnap a girl as she walked to school on Thursday morning. ABC reports that according to the Los Angeles Police Department, the incident took place at around 7:45 a.m., off of the 1700 block of Vineyard Avenue in Los Angeles. A young girl …
A Tennessee woman is behind bars after police say she shared two videos to social media, showing her raping a 4-year-old boy. CBS 3 Memphis reports that police received a call Monday after someone online saw disturbing videos being shared across social media. After viewing the videos and investigating, authorities arrested 24-year-old Tamara Marion and …
