A Virginia couple charged in the beating death of the woman’s young disabled daughter forced the girl to stand up for hours and fed her only bread and water in the days leading up to her death, a prosecutor said. Latoya Smith, 33, and Demont James Harris, 43, were denied bond as they face murder and …
Authorities in Connecticut say a man and woman abused their infant so severely the young victim is not expected to survive the injuries. According to WTIC, authorities were dispatched to the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center earlier this week in response to injuries staff believed to be consistent with child abuse. Among the child’s reported injuries …
An Indiana judge sentenced a Fort Wayne woman to 20 years behind bars for attempting to kill her 11-month-old niece by lacing her milk with pain pills and caffeine. The lengthy prison sentence was handed down two months after Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda, 19, pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Rodriguez-Miranda tried to kill her niece in January 2017 because …
A Tennessee woman is behind bars after authorities say she inflicted injuries a little boy in March, that ultimately led to his death. The woman’s stepfather is adamant that she is innocent. FOX Nashville reports that the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), investigated a March 26 incident in which 2-year-old …
Two New Mexico women are awaiting extradition to Oklahoma after police say they met a teen boy on Xbox Live and drove 13 hours to abduct and sexually assault him. Farmington Daily Times reports that Kristen “Kriste” Aragon (pictured left), 35, and Melissa Goelz (pictured right), 29, were arrested in Farmington, New Mexico, on April 17 on felony counts of …
Authorities in California and Nevada arrested a husband and wife this week on suspicion of killing the male suspect’s 5-year-old daughter. According to KCRA, Tyler Anderson and Averyauna Anderson, both 23, were arrested on Wednesday. Police in Reno, Nevada, say the couple lived in an apartment in the city, which is where they believe the …
New allegations have emerged against a couple accused of abusing 10 children removed from a California residence earlier this year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the children were removed in March and details about the alleged abuse were first released earlier this month. The children, ages 4 months to 12 years old, had initially shown signs …
A California school bus driver is facing criminal charges after surveillance cameras allegedly caught her abusing an 8-year-old girl with autism and mocking her for crying. According to KOVR, Kim Klopson, 64, was dropping off students at Browns Valley Elementary in February when the special-needs students on board got off the bus. It’s then when Klopson is reportedly …
The woman killed with her four children and her parents in an apparent murder-suicide in Australia last week had written a poem about domestic violence four years ago that suggested she may have been a victim. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Katrina Miles, 35, was shot and killed last Friday on a remote farmstead in Australia …
“It literally breaks your heart, and you’re outraged by how a parent or anyone could commit those acts”
Authorities in Texas have arrested two men believed to have been involved in the horrific abuse of a teen runaway beginning last year. According to the San Antonio Express News, 28-year-old Ray Hernandez Jr. allegedly met the 15-year-old girl online and had soon begun prostituting her to his friends and other men. He was arrested …
After a toddler boy in Wichita, Kansas, died on Sunday, an attorney for the boy’s grandparents filed a lawsuit against the Sedgwick County Department of Children and Families, claiming the agency knew the boy was being abused at home but failed to save him. The Wichita Eagle reports that 2-year-old Anthony “Tony” Bunn died from blunt …
