An Oklahoma woman recently diagnosed with postpartum depression was arrested over the weekend and accused of stabbing her 11-day-old baby and husband, KFOR reports. The husband said he shoved Victoria Shane Matheson away from the baby, and she stabbed him before he could wrestle the knife from her. The infant was eventually taken to a …
A special task force of a Michigan sheriff’s office located seven missing kids Friday night, including a 16-year-old girl they found locked in a barn. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said the team — known as GHOST, the Genesee Human Oppression Strike Team — swept over the county looking for children reported by other agencies …
A Texas couple is behind bars after police found a week-old baby inside a five-gallon bucket of tar over the weekend. Dallas Morning News reports that authorities arrested Donna and Roland Grabowski, the parents of a week-old baby, Micah, on Saturday. According to Sheriff Jim Skinner, authorities were alerted and arrived at the couple’s home …
The parents of a 13-year-old Pennsylvania boy jailed for allegedly shooting his younger brother to death have also been jailed, charged with felony child endangerment. Mark Snyder and Stacey Renee Wright-Snyder were arraigned Friday in Waynesboro, CBS 21 News reports. Snyder is being held on $100,000 bail, while Wright-Snyder’s bail was set at $75,000. As …
Deputies investigating child sexual assault charges against a Wisconsin man last week found pipe bombs in the basement of his home, the Racine County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The sheriff’s office launched its investigation into Kyle Gustin of Burlington on June 14 and executed a search warrant the next day. The pipe bombs were stored …
Iowa police arrested a 19-year-old man Thursday after he admitted to “slamming” a 7-month-old child into a crib. According to the Des Moines Register, the child was admitted to Blank Children’s Hospital on Thursday with a leg and skull fracture. Hospital staff alerted the West Des Moines police to a possible child abuse case because …
An Ohio woman who was arrested Tuesday after authorities found her 1-year-old son’s body is accused of injuring the toddler’s head and leaving him alone in her apartment weeks before he was discovered. According to WHIO, Wanisha Smith, 33, admitted to knocking her son’s head into a chair, rendering him unresponsive and unconscious. She allegedly …
A mother has been charged with murder and a stepfather with endangering children after a 7-year-old Ohio boy died at his home, ABC 6 reports. Columbus police officers responded to a call about a drowned child at about 8 p.m. Saturday night, the station said, and found Fabian Maldonado-Cortez unresponsive. He was taken to Nationwide …
Police in California arrested three people on child endangerment charges Tuesday after five children were reportedly found in a sweltering bed of a pickup truck without ventilation or water. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that deputies from the Colorado River Station and Needles Police Department responded to a call for …
A Florida woman is behind bars after police rescued a young boy hiding in a home filled with flies and dog feces. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office reports that 58-year-old Toni Reid was arrested after police responded to a call about a child who locked her outside of their home in the Fort Walton Beach area. …
Three newborns, each abandoned at the same apartment complex during three different times, are apparently siblings who share the same mother and father, Florida officials said. NBC News reports that each incident happened at the Willow Key apartment complex in Orlando. One baby was left in 2016, followed by another in 2017, and another in …
A Nebraska woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly leaving her newborn in a bag on a stranger’s front porch. Maria Piaz-Perez, 28, was charged with child abuse and abandonment after she was allegedly seen Monday leaving her baby in front of an Omaha home, getting into the passenger seat of a vehicle, and leaving. KETV …
