Authorities are facing an uphill battle in the search for a fourth suspect in the murder of 10-year-old Victoria Martens — and the unknown person is believed to have been more directly involved in the brutal attack than two of the suspects already in custody. On August 24, 2016, Victoria was found burning in a …
A Louisana father is facing criminal charges after he allegedly threw his three children out of his car before driving off while one held onto the bumper. NOLA.com reported that Kenneth Watson, 57, was spotted suddenly stopping at an intersection and forcing three children out his car on the evening June 29. Witnesses claimed the children …
A Missouri man who prosecutors say is a suspect in the death of a 2-year-old child is in jail after his 8-year-old daughter showed signs of severe abuse. KY3 reports that Kenneth R. Davis, 32, was arrested in Springfield, Missouri, and charged with multiple counts of abuse after his daughter and additional witnesses said he had …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 10-year-old Southern California boy was starved and tortured for days before his death, sometimes by younger brothers and sisters forced to take part in the beatings, according to prosecutors who have charged his mother and her boyfriend with his murder. KNBC-TV on Tuesday cited court documents that alleged vicious and repeated abuse …
Arizona police say a 92-year-old mother shot and killed her son on Monday inside their Maricopa County apartment when he attempted to place her in an assisted living home. According to a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office news release, Anna Mae Blessing was distraught and angry for days after learning her son, 72, planned to put her …
‘I aroused him in the morning while he was absent-minded, then used the knife.’
“What these individuals did to this child is unimaginable!”
Two polygamists, both former leaders of a secluded religious sect in Canada, were placed on house and probation on Tuesday, following polygamy convictions. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Sheri Ann Donegan sentenced Winston Blackmore, 61, the father of 149 children, to six months under house arrest, followed by a year …
The mother of a 10-year-old boy who died under suspicious circumstances in California last week has been charged with murder and torture, NBC News reports. Heather Barron of Lancaster was reportedly arrested and charged on Friday with torture and murder in connection to the death of her 10-year-old son Anthony Avalos. The boy was found …
Prosecutors now believe another male was involved in the horrific rape, murder and mutilation of the little girl on her birthday — and he is still at large
The boyfriend of the mother of a 10-year-old boy who died under suspicious circumstances last week has been arrested. NBC News reports that Kareem Leiva, 32, was taken into custody on Wednesday following an interview with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives, “at an unmarked law enforcement office on Sierra Highway,” the report states. “Homicide detectives interviewed …
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has called for a review of the county’s child protection system after a 10-year-old boy died under suspicious circumstances — and after numerous reports of suspected child abuse. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Anthony Avalos died last Thursday after he was taken to the hospital from his Lancaster home …
