The caretaker of a pair of 3-year-old twins who died in a scorching hot car in Georgia last month has been arrested for murder, WSAV reported Monday afternoon. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Raelynn and Payton Keyes, twins in foster care in Hinesville, were found unresponsive on September 29 in a car parked in the backyard …
A Texas couple has been arrested and charged with abuse and neglect of their 9-year-old autistic son who also has leukemia, KTRE reported. Thomas Anthony Mayhew, 49, and Shannon Marie Creevey, 31, both of Lufkin, were jailed Thursday on charges of injury to a child. Creevey has also been charged with aggravated assault. Police began …
An Indiana school bus aide is scheduled to appear in court Monday after a security camera allegedly caught her slapping a special needs girl across the face. NBC 13 reports that 78-year-old Francella Van Fossen initially told investigators that she “touched” the face of a 10-year-old girl after the child bit her, but security footage …
A North Carolina man wanted for the alleged rape of a 5-year-old he was babysitting was captured Wednesday in West Virginia, the Craven County Sheriff’s Office said. Police had been looking for Michael Brandon Bryan, 37, since Monday. “A sigh of relief,” said Sheriff Chip Hughes. “We got this chump.” How do you protect your …
A now 8-week-old who disappeared from a Pennsylvania hospital last week has been found safe, according to police. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that infant Ambrose Klingensmith was found in Tennessee with his parents, Daemon Klingensmith, 23, and Jeannette Funnen, 32, and his toddler brother. The Lewisburg Police Department in Tennessee found the family on Tuesday afternoon …
A Texas mother who allegedly took her 4-year-old son on hundreds of hospital visits is facing charges after authorities say she put the child through needless procedures and treatments. Forth Worth Star-Telegram reports that 30-year-old Megan Gee is accused of faking her son’s medical issues, which ultimately ended up with the child undergoing unneeded surgery. …
A Tennessee mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly filming herself smoking in her 1-month-old daughter’s face in addition to lifting her in the air with one hand and shaking her. WTVC reported that Chattanooga Police responded to Tybresha Sexton’s residence on Sunday after people alerted them to the video, which was live-streamed on Facebook. …
A southern Indiana woman and her now ex-boyfriend have been arrested and charged with “heinous, despicable, disgusting” acts of child abuse, Scott County Sheriff Jerry Goodin told WLKY on Friday. Matthew Mosier, 37, and Hannah Graves, 28, were arrested Thursday after an investigation that began in August when the Indiana Department of Child Services got …
An Ohio woman is facing charges after she hit her grandson, causing his death, police say. ABC 13 reports that Toledo Fire responded to numerous calls on September 19 about a child who supposedly “fell off of a bed.” After administering CPR they took the boy to Toledo Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Doctors …
A Colorado couple is facing criminal charges months after their infant daughter was reportedly hospitalized with various head injuries. KKTV obtained arrest papers which stated that Nasair Hall and Lauren Hall, 21 and 20, were recently jailed as the result of an investigation that started on July 13. According to the documents, an ER doctor …
A Kentucky couple was arrested Monday night after authorities reportedly found their four children living in a filthy home full of trash and spoiled food. A Facebook post from the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said that deputies were serving a writ of possession as part of an eviction process to Christopher and Brandy Bowling, 39 …
A former nurse in Wisconsin admitted on Monday to abusing nine infants in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from March 2017 to February 2018. WKOW reported that Christopher M. Kaphaem, 43, pleaded guilty to 19 felony charges for the child abuse he committed while working at Meriter Hospital. Dane County District Attorney Ismael …
