A mother of an autistic boy is under investigation after she allegedly gave her son ‘bleach’ enemas in an attempt to ‘cure’ him of autism. According to the Sun, the mother is a member of a Facebook group that promotes a belief that autism is caused by parasites, and that treating autistic children with powerful …
A woman in her 70s is dead and her husband hospitalized in what appears to be a botched murder-suicide attempt. ABC 7 reports that police responded to George Kelsey’s home after Kelsey, 73, called 911 to say that he had shot his wife, Mickie, 74, and also shot himself. Police found George sitting on the …
A Utah couple is facing multiple child abuse charges after they allegedly neglected and confined a five-year-old boy. Fox 13 reports that Clarissa Anne Tobiasson and Brett Parker Tobiasson are accused of locking their adopted son in a small, dark room for hours on end and forcing him to eat a diet of mostly carrots. Utah …
A little girl has died six months after a relative forced her to drink boiling water through a straw. The New York Post reports that Ki’ari Pope, 8, complained of having trouble breathing on Sunday before becoming unresponsive. She was taken to a hospital and died shortly after midnight. Ki’ari had reportedly suffered numerous health problems …
Search for the boy lasted for 2 months before his body was found near a lake
The adopted daughter of a couple now in custody on child abuse charges recorded video of the violence in their Iowa home that helped lead to the arrests after dozens of reports over ten years. As CrimeOnline previously reported, John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, were arrested last week on charges of felony …
The family of a Utah woman murdered aboard a Princess cruise ship last Tuesday released her final photo over the weekend. Kristy Manzanares, 39, of St. George, Utah, went aboard The Emerald Princess from Seattle to Alaska in what she thought was going to be a family celebration of her 18th wedding anniversary. Yet, sometime around or …
A Virginia woman accused of gunning down her 6-year-old daughter told police she was trying to send the girl to heaven to protect her from aliens, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Darla Elizabeth Hise, 27, faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the shotgun killing of her daughter, Abigail Grace Hise, in their home …
A timeline of police reports connected to an Iowa home where a couple has been arrested for abusing their nine disabled children show a long history of abuse allegations that took years to result in criminal charges. As CrimeOnline previously reported, John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, of Ankeny, Iowa were arrested this …
An Iowa couple is accused of abusing their adopted, disabled children for years while receiving state subsidies for their care. According to the Des Moines Register, John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, were arrested and charged with felony child endangerment causing bodily injury on Thursday. The arrest reportedly followed a investigation into …
An Oklahoma mother is behind bars after police say she killed her own child and left him rotting in a dumpster. NewsOK reports that Katherine Green allegedly dumped her newborn baby boy into a trash can at her Enid mobile home after the infant died from a methamphetamine overdose. Authorities found the boy on April 9th, …
A New York City couple jumped to their deaths in midtown Manhattan early Friday morning, and left notes blaming their suicide on overwhelming financial burdens. The New York Post reports that Glenn Scarpelli, 53, and his wife Patricia Colant, 50, leapt from the ninth floor of an office building in Murray Hill and were found dead on Madison …
