A Minnesota father has been charged with second degree murder in the death of his 4-week-old son, KARE11 reports. Orancy Chea, 23, allegedly admitted to police that he’d gotten frustrated and angry with the baby’s crying and threw him down on his back, causing his head to slam into the floor. The Ramsey County Medical …
Deputies arrested a Florida man on Friday after a lengthy investigation convinced them he was slipping laxatives into a 14-year-old boy’s medication, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said. Craig Alan Ripple, 54, has been charged with child abuse and child neglect after the investigation, which began on August 7, 2019, when the boy’s mother reported …
Two New Mexico suspects are behind bars after police say they during a drunken stupor, they brutally abused two little boys. Farmington Daily Times reports that officers arrived at an apartment off of East 20th Street early Saturday, a little after midnight, after a call regarding possible domestic violence. When officers arrived, a woman identified …
Florida police are using DNA to find the parents of three children, all dropped off at a southwest Orlando apartment complex as newborns in three separate years, the Orlando Sentinel reported. After the third child was left at the same spot last July, an Orlando detective submitted the children’s DNA for testing. The results: All …
The California school teacher who married her rape victim has legally separated from the man who was once in her sixth grade class, and is now looking to date someone her own age. According to People magazine, Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau have been legally separated for months, and the former teacher and registered …
A former nanny and foster parent in Pensacola, Florida, was arrested on Monday on child sex charges with at least two juveniles, and deputies there are concerned there may be more victims, according to NorthEscambia.com. Nicole Lynn Walter, 27, calls herself a self-employed porn actress, and investigators have uncovered at least three videos in which …
A northwestern Indiana man has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son, according to the Northwest Indiana Times. Michael J. Tunstall, 26, told police the boy woke up Thursday from a nap vomiting and became unresponsive after he carried the child to a bathtub. Tunstall said he …
A Texas man was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for putting his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son in scalding bathwater in 2018. Robert Wayne Bunton, 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported that authorities got involved after the boy was treated for second- …
A Florida woman is behind bars for allegedly attacking a child who intervened during a feud. Citrus County Chronicle reports that 34-year-old Michelle Janet Jenkins, of Inverness, is facing a child abuse charge after an April 5 incident that left a child injured. She’s also facing a probation violation charge from previous charges of child …
The North Carolina Medical Examiner ruled Thursday that the death of a 7-year-old boy found dead at his home last October was a homicide, WRAL reported. The mother of Ethan Bates, 24-year-old Evie Bates, and his stepfather, 23-year-old Saint Michael Edwards, were charged with felony intentional child abuse on October 4, two days after Evie …
A Pennsylvania toddler has been in intensive care for multiple severe injuries since March 26, and now his stepfather is in jail, charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one count of endangering the welfare of children, and one count of recklessly endangering another person, WTAE reports. Keith Lilly Jr. is being held in the …
A fourth child abuse investigation in less than a month in Tarrant County, Texas, has started after a little boy died on Easter from alleged “severe child abuse.” Forth Worth Star-Telegram reports that 3-year-old Amari Boone passed away at around 1:20 a.m. on April 12 at Cook Children’s Medical Center. According to the Tarrant County …
