Colorado authorities are asking the public for help locating a 21-year-old man suspected of causing serious injuries to a toddler earlier this month. The Denver Post reports that Jefferson County investigators believe Joshua James Gonzales was responsible for the abuse, which resulted in a lacerated liver and head trauma for the young victim. While police think the …
One of the little girls had a bedsore so severe that bone was exposed
Police arrested an Ohio couple after officers allegedly found the man’s 4-year-old twin boys bound, gagged, and duct taped to a wall in their College Hill home, as reported by WLWT. According to KGMH, James Howell, 26, and girlfriend Jamie Carver, 30, are charged with two counts of kidnapping and child endangering. Cincinnati police Detective Janette …
A Pennsylvania mother was convicted Friday of trying to kill her two young children in a failed murder-suicide attempt, The Citizens’ Voice reports. Melissa Scholl, 34, was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder after prosecutors alleged she strapped the kids in her vehicle and then connected a garden hose from the exhaust pipe …
North Carolina police found a little girl on Tuesday, malnourished and locked in a small closet in her home, reportedly by the hands of her own father and her caretaker. FOX8 reports that authorities responded to a call for a welfare check at a home off of the 200 block of Back Street in Raleigh. The …
A former Wisconsin day care worker who broke a toddler boy’s leg by throwing him on the ground has been sentenced to jail. According to the Duluth News Tribune, Ashley Garrity, 27, pleaded no contest in late June to felony reckless child abuse causing harm. This week, St. Croix County Circuit Court Judge Michael Waterman sentenced the …
A McDonald’s cashier is accused of giving birth to a baby boy while at work and attempting to drown the newborn in a toilet. The Los Angeles Times reports that Sarah Lockner, 25, was working the night shift on September 4 when she complained of stomach pain and repeatedly used the restroom. According to the Mateo …
New York police have arrested a man and accused him of punching his infant son in the head during a domestic violence incident with the child’s mother, as reported by Spectrum News. The Leader-Herald reports that officers arrived at the hospital on Saturday morning following a report of an infant sustaining a traumatic injury to the …
The Maryland parents behind the controversial Youtube channel DaddyOFive were reportedly found guilty of child neglect Monday and sentenced to five years supervised probation. According to The Frederick News-Post, Mike and Heather Martin, of Ijamsville, entered Alford pleas to two counts each of child neglect. For reference, an Alford plea allows a “claim neither of guilt nor innocence toward charges brought …
Authorities arrested a New Jersey couple after their 2-year-old daughter was airlifted to a hospital for brain bleeding, burns and bone fractures — injuries one doctor said came from abuse equivalent to “torture.” Police on Friday detained Yolanda Torres, 33, and Jose Velez, 52, of Galloway, New Jersey, the Star-Ledger reports. Authorities believe that Torres …
‘Police officers observed fleas jumping out of the minor’s hair’
‘It doesn’t get much worse than this’
