Authorities declined to charge a Florida mother who was reportedly caught on camera dunking her 3-year-old son’s head in a toilet while her older son filmed it. The state attorney’s office decided not to criminally charge Kaitlyn Wolf, finding that there was no evidence of neglect or physical abuse. Conversely, police and the Florida Department of Children …
From the witness stand this week, a Missouri man facing charges related to his wife’s death described horrid details of an act he said he committed to save what was left of his family. According to the New York Post, 36-year-old Justin Rey told the court on Tuesday that his wife delivered their second child …
More details regarding the death of a 3-year-old Las Vegas boy emerged at Tuesday’s bail hearing for the couple arrested after police discovered the child’s body Monday, near Lake Mead. Justice of the Peace William Jansen set bail at $100,000 for Cassie Smith, 20, and Joshua Oxford, 40, in regards to child abuse charges involving Daniel …
A New Mexico mother is facing charges after police say her 2-year-old daughter wandered outside of the family’s locked home by herself Thursday night, while her mother slept. Doña Ana County sheriff’s deputies arrested 27-year-old Alexis Valdivia after responding to a 911 call by a neighbor, who reported seeing a toddler outside by herself just …
By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The FBI on Friday arrested five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico on firearms and conspiracy charges as local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3-year-old boy at the property. Taos County District Attorney Donald Gallegos said his office will now …
A South Carolina woman who allegedly claimed she suffered a medical emergency as her 18-month-old grandson died in a hot car, was charged in connection with his death after police said they found inconsistencies with her story. Police announced on August 29 that they’ve arrested Janet Nix, 64, and charged her with homicide by child abuse …
Two North Carolina women are facing felony child abuse charges after a video surfaced on Snapchat allegedly showing them encouraging three young children to smoke marijuana. Police announced Tuesday that they’ve arrested Michaela Pearson, 21, and Candice Little, 18, in connection with Monday’s incident involving three children. Police said the children seen in the video are 18 months …
By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press TAOS, N.M. (AP) — The father of a 3-year-old boy found dead in a filthy New Mexico compound earlier this month pleaded not guilty Wednesday to new charges of child abuse resulting in death as lesser charges were dismissed against him and other members of his extended family as the result …
A Kansas family says the man hired to babysit a young girl turned out to be a convicted murderer who raped the child repeatedly over multiple years while she was in his care. According to the Wichita Eagle, 56-year-old Clifford Eugene Cox was sentenced to life behind bars in 1984 after pleading guilty to murdering …
A Texas priest who stands accused of molesting teen boys and embezzling from his own parish has gone missing, the Dallas Morning News reports. Church officials from St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Dallas believe Rev. Edumundo Paredes may have fled to his native country of the Philippines, after serving as a pastor at the parish …
The remains of a young child recovered from a compound in New Mexico has been identified as the missing toddler son of one of the men arrested in coordination with holding a number of abused and malnourished children. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 39-year-old Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was arrested on suspicion of operating an Islamic extremist …
By MARK SCOLFORO and MARC LEVY, Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — since the 1940s, and senior church officials, including a man who is now the archbishop of Washington, D.C., systematically covered up the abuse, according to a …
