Three children locked in an attic for years used an old peanut butter jar to collect rainwater to drink and suffered almost daily beatings, police in Minersville, Pennsylvania, say. Wendy Yost, Jennifer Yost, and Todd Richter have been arrested on child abuse charges, according to WFMZ, which said the brutality went on for three years …
A daycare owner and two employees in Omaha are expected to be charged with child abuse. Omaha police told WOWT that Rosewood Academy owner Carl Hansen is facing misdemeanor child abuse charges. Two employees at the daycare are also facing citations. The charges come two weeks after an outbreak of Covid-19 at the daycare. According …
Police have rescued a 4-month-old infant who was found abandoned in a wooded area outside of Detroit on Wednesday. According to WTHR, police were called to a residential area in Oakland County for multiple reports of a distraught woman banging on doors and hiding in bushes. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reportedly said the unidentified …
A Wyoming couple will likely face first-degree murder charges after the man’s 2-year-old daughter died on Sunday from injuries apparently caused by abuse, according to reports. Moshe Williams, 30, and his girlfriend, Carolyn Aune, 28, were arrested on March 31 on charges of aggravated child abuse. On March 27, Williams admitted his daughter, Paisleigh, to …
The parents of a 10-year-old Arizona girl have been charged with murder after the girl’s remains were found in an attic after a house fire last year — three years after the girl disappeared. Maribel Loera, 51, and Rafael Loera, 57, were already in jail on charges of arson, child abuse, abandoning or concealing a …
The drummer for the Grammy Award-winning band Alabama Shakes has been arrested in connection with the abuse of a young child. Fox News reports that authorities arrested Steven William Johnson, 35, on Wednesday in Limestone County, Alabama. He has been indicted on charges of “willful torture, willful abuse, and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating …
The mother of a young boy found dead in a Houston hotel room on Tuesday apparently told police she was having sex when her child passed away. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kayla Holzendorf, 24, and her boyfriend, Dominique Lewis, 28, are both behind bars in connection with the death of Holzendorf’s young son, Keyontae Holzendorf. According to …
A Florida mom was arrested last week after getting into a fight with one of her daughter’s classmates in middle school cafeteria. Edith Riddle, 34, came to Dupont Middle School in Jacksonville for a meeting with the school’s vice principal with a boxing glove on her hand. She told the school it was superglued to …
Houston authorities were apparently alerted about possible child abuse three weeks prior to the young boy losing his life, but the police department said it followed proper protocol. ABC 13 reports that Kayla Holzendorf, 24, and her boyfriend, Dominique Lewis, 28, are both behind bars in connection with the death of Holzendorf’s young son, Keyontae …
A South Carolina couple was jailed this week after their 1-year-old son overdosed on fentanyl — and it was the second time the boy ingested his parents’ drugs. The Columbia Police Department said Donald Ray Little Jr, 39, and Mary Ashley Willis, 27, have been charged with unlawful neglect of a child. Little has also …
A New Hampshire mother was arrested this week after a six-week investigation into injuries sustained by her 1-year-old child. Haylee Bernier was charged with first degree assault and no longer has custody of the child, the Union Leader reports. Police began their investigation on February 2 when Mass General Hospital in Boston notified them they …
A former child abuse investigator for the Department of Children and Families in Connecticut is facing charges after her foster son was found with life-threatening injuries. The Hartford Courant reports that the incident happened on December 5, 2020, when the infant was rushed to the Yale New Haven Hospital. According to court documents, the baby …
