A Tennesee family says an 8-month-old baby was beaten to near death and although the case has been determined to be child abuse, there have been no arrests. In late January, Jennifer Atkinson said she received a call that her niece, Makenzie, was in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. NBC 10 News reports that according …
A former Kansas daycare employee has been charged with four counts of child abuse after video reportedly showed her abusing children in her care more than 170 times 24 days. Rachel Beth Schrader, 24, was fired after her employer, Shawnee Mission Christian Wee Care in Westwood, reviewed security footage and saw her physically abusing the …
A year-old Texas baby weighed just 8 1/2 pounds at the time of her death earlier this month, her body was covered with dirt, and she had blisters on her lower back and buttocks. The baby girl’s parents, 22-year-old Sage Wright and 24-year-old Christian Bishop-Torrence, were arrested Friday in Wichita Falls and charged with injury …
A Colorado daycare provider was arrested on Monday for allegedly abusing an infant who died while in her care in February. The El Paso Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that officers responded to a home daycare facility operated by Dana McNair, 53, amid reports of an unresponsive child. The infant ultimately died at a …
A Brooklyn mother reportedly threw her infant daughter and 2-year-old son out a second story window Saturday morning, then jumped out herself and tried to further hurt the children. A neighbor hopped a fence and wrestled the 4-week-old girl away from the mother as she banged the baby’s head on the concrete, the New York …
An Arizona man allegedly tied up his 14-year-old stepson and assaulted him after the boy ran away from home and returned. Mto Assa, 37, has been charged with child abuse, aggravated assault, and unlawful imprisonment, Fox 10 reported. Glendale police said that the boy’s mother reported him as a runaway on Tuesday. The boy’s sister …
A Florida woman was arrested on Sunday for allegedly abusing her 5-week-old daughter in videos she sent to the newborn’s father. Bryunna Joyce, 19, reportedly sent videos depicting abuse following an argument with the baby’s father. The videos Joyce sent showed her slapping and suffocating the baby with a blanket for 37 seconds, and throwing …
A Texas woman behind bars in connection with the death of 5-year-old Samuel Olson reportedly had plans to flee the state with his body. According to a motion for bail obtained by the Daily Beast, 26-year-old Theresa Balboa is accused of making plans with friends to travel to Louisiana with the child’s remains. She was …
A 32-year-old Florida man led police on a 40-minute chase through the Gifford community last week with a 2-month-old baby boy in his car. Deputies eventually cornered John Henry James III at the Taylor Pointe Apartments, where James bailed out of his car and threw the infant at a deputy before running through trees and …
A California woman has been charged with murder in the death of her teenage stepson, and the boy’s father has been charged with felony child abuse, police say. Officers were called to a home just after noon on Tuesday about a person needing CPR, the Pomona Police Department said. First responders found a 16-year-old boy …
The little girl had a feeding tube inserted and another to flush out her intestines. Sophie Hartman also put her in leg braces and a wheelchair, which doctors said weren’t necessary. Her attorneys say the charges are false.
A Florida man is behind bars after police say he fled the scene of an accident while intoxicated, leaving his three young children behind. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident happened in Lehigh Acres on Friday, at around 4:40 a.m. Kern Campbell, 31, was allegedly driving drunk when he took a curve near …
