A Houston man charged in connection with Maleah Davis’ death pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, knocking the possibility of a murder charge off the table. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday that Derion Vence pleaded guilty to injury to a child and tampering with a corpse. He’ll serve 40 years behind bars, …
An Indiana man has been arrested on child abuse charges after a 17-month-old boy died this week of blunt force trauma to the chest. Aiden M. Clark had a fractured sternum and his “heart was ripped in half,” an arrest affidavit for Shaquille Rowe, 27, said, WANE reported. The toddler had a torn pericardium sac …
The father of two children found dead Sunday morning in a Nebraska home was located and arrested in California Sunday evening. Bellevue Police began looking for Adam Price, 34, after 3-year-old Theodore Price and 5-year-old Emily Price were found dead by friends of the family who went inside after police visited the home twice and …
A New Mexico mother charged in the death of her 5-month-old daughter was denied bail on Thursday, two days after the same judge granted bond to her boyfriend, who is also charged in the case. Danielle Lujan, 23, and Israel Ramirez, 23, were arrested last week after deputies responded to a 911 in April about …
A Florida mother says her daughter was spanked at school without her permission, and now, the principal could possibly face criminal charges. WINK News reports that the Clewiston Police Department and the Department of Children and Families are currently investigating Principal Melissa Carter for paddling the little girl last month. School clerk Cecilia Self is …
An Indiana man is behind bars after a hospital found numerous healing and fresh injuries on an injured infant, according to authorities. Fox 59 reports that the incident unfolded on April 14 when the child’s grandmother noticed a burn mark on the boy’s right shin, along with “a knot” on his other shin. She immediately …
Neighbors said they believed the teen was 11 due to his size. The victim reportedly had bone deformities in his foot which were possibly caused by wearing a shoe that was too small for an extended amount of time.
It took a jury a mere 30 minutes on Thursday to convict a West Virginia woman in last year’s death of her 5-year-old grandson. A Harrison County jury found Michelle Boggs, 49, guilty of allowing child abuse by a parent, guardian, or custodian that resulted in the death of Keaton Boggs. The grandmother took the …
An Ohio woman and her boyfriend are facing the criminal after the woman’s daughter — who was choked and punched — was taken off of life support on Wednesday, according to reports. Tianna Robinson, 25, was arrested on April 13 stemming from allegations that she punched Nahla Miller, 4, who was hospitalized from April 13 until …
A Colorado woman is behind bars after police say she left her two young children trapped inside a freezing car over the weekend. CBS Denver reports that 35-year-old Kaylee Messerly has been arrested in connection with the death of her 1-year-old daughter, Emma, and the abuse of her 3-year-old daughter, Alena. According to police, Messerly’s …
A South Carolina child care employee has been charged with multiple counts relating to child abuse after she was caught on video shaking and hitting three infants this week. Tina Rose Nye, 55, was seen on video holding children ranging in age from 3 months to 5 months upside down and violently shaking them and …
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 …
