A Washington state couple allegedly abused their 8-year-old daughter to the point of killing her, sometimes restraining her with zip ties for hours and bashing her with a hammer. But authorities say that after the girl died at some point this fall, the pair kept her corpse with them and then traveled with it out …
A West Virginia man and woman are facing additional charges after another of their children passed away, police say. According to Upshur County Sheriff’s Office, Ciera Gillespie, 25, and Thomas Cunningham, 27, were initially facing charges for the death of 2-year-old Joseph “Tyler” Warner, who reportedly passed away from what doctors called “shaken baby syndrome.” …
A Florida woman was arrested this week on charges of child neglect and animal cruelty after deputies saw the “deplorable conditions” of her home, which include trash, fecal matter, urine, rotten food, rats, and a variety of insects. The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested Shannon Marie Morgan, 38, on Wednesday after they received …
A drunk, off-duty Florida jailhouse deputy trying to show his son how to clean his AR-15 rifle last month dropped it, and a bullet struck his daughter when it went off. WPEC reported that Daniel Weber, 35, took out the weapon’s magazine and “believed the firearm to be empty,” Port St. Lucie Police said. He …
A self-proclaimed polygamist “prophet” is in jail in Arizona, charged with child abuse for allowing young children to ride unsecured in the back of a trailer and federal charges of destroying evidence. But according to an affidavit filed in federal court on Friday, Samuel Bateman has more than 20 wives — many of whom are …
This week, a Texas teacher and two assistants were arrested for allegedly keeping a 5-year-old special needs student in a locked room last year. Liberty ISD teacher Melody LaPointe, 47, and teaching assistants Tarah Tinney, 33, and Augusta Costlow, 27, reportedly deprived the boy of food to the point that he ate his own feces …
A South Carolina couple was arrested this week after they reportedly left their 2-year-old son home alone while they went to New York. Charleston Police said they were called to an apartment complex on Folly Road at about 2 p.m. on November 17 by someone who reported a toddler alone in an apartment, WCBD reported. …
Three people have been arrested for allegedly imprisoning a teenage girl inside a Nevada bedroom where she was starved and given only a bucket to use as a toilet, KLAS-TV reports. On November 4, police were called to the North Las Vegas home after a neighbor reported that the teen was attempting to use a …
A Texas woman with a history of alleged child endangerment is accused of injuring her 4-year-old autistic son after he was brought to the hospital with multiple wounds, KTRK-TV reports. On Thursday, police in Houston arrested 27-year-old Brittany Natasha Jasmine on a charge of injury to a child. The mother of four allegedly left her …
An Alabama man has been arrested after he beat his 14-year-old daughter for revealing his affair to her mother. The teen escaped after the beating and ran to a neighbor’s house for help, according to deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, who found 39-year-old Christopher Andrighetti hiding in a bedroom closet and “covered in …
A photo taken eight years ago depicts a forewarning of what a 9-year-old North Carolina boy endured last week, allegedly at the hands of his own family when they locked him outside in a dog kennel. According to Fox 8, a grand jury indicted Jonathan Starr, 32, identified as the victim’s father, on child abuse …
The adoptive mother and grandparents of an 11-year-old California girl who died in August of suspected abuse have been arrested. San Diego County police lieutenant Chris Steffen said Aarabella (or Arabella) McCormack died from malnutrition and had signs of bruising. The girl’s adoptive mother and grandfather Leticia McCormack, 49, and Stanley Tom, 75, are accused …
