A family of four — including two young children — was found dead in a New Jersey home on Wednesday in what is being investigated as a murder-suicide. The four bodies were discovered at a Plainsboro home following a welfare check. Law enforcement sources told WABC that a man is believed to have killed his wife, …
A 1-year-old New York girl reportedly died in her parents’ care last month, days after a family court judge ruled she could remain in the home despite a documented history of abuse. The New York Times reported that Ella Vitalis was in cardiac arrest when she was brought to a Brooklyn hospital on September 15. …
Human remains found burning near a Tennessee airport last week were identified as a woman who vanished days earlier, police said. Dominique Lomax, 27, was last seen on September 4 at the Highland Meadows apartments in Memphis. Two days later, her body was discovered near the airport after a fire was put out, according to …
A Pennsylvania woman is facing homicide charges for killing her 12-day-old son on Tuesday. According to WPXI, Monongahela police who responded to a call of an infant who was not breathing learned that Darian Helmantoler, 22, stopped communicating with 911 dispatchers and refused to perform CPR. Helmantoler allegedly told police she was sleeping in bed …
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania officials identified a 12-year-old boy who was found dead in a dumpster last week. A sanitation employee discovered Hezekiah Bernard’s body in a dumpster at a Philadelphia Housing complex on August 23. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Bernard was shot in the head — and his head was wrapped in plastic. Staff …
A family of four — including two boys, ages 1 and 3 — were found fatally stabbed in a New York apartment in a suspected case of murder-suicide. Sources told the New York Post that a 41-year-old man, his 40-year-old wife, and their two sons were found slain in the Manhattan apartment after the woman’s …
On Tuesday, a judge denied a bond reduction in the case of a Tennessee woman who allegedly suffocated her 7-month-old daughter in March. Soniemy Benitez Melendez, 18, was arrested on March 30, two days after Blount County police responded to her home amid reports of an unresponsive child who was later pronounced dead. Melendez admitted …
A Los Angeles mother made a disturbing discovery Sunday when she found a dead body in her son’s room. The mom, who has not been identified publicly, noticed a “distinct gas smell” in the home and went into her son’s room, according to the television station, Fox LA reports. Inside the room, the mother said …
A man who reportedly discovered a body in the search for missing Maryland mother Rachel Morin recently described the gruesome crime scene to local media. Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, however, disputes Michael Gabriszeski’s account, saying that he neither found Morin’s body or saw the crime scene, as CrimeOnline reported. Gabriszeski, whose daughter was friends …
A Utah couple was arrested on Thursday for the death of their infant daughter that died with injuries consistent with child abuse. A 4-month-old girl died after she was found unresponsive at her Yineyard home on Wednesday. Her parents, Alexzander Berry, 29, and Myra Megan, 24, claimed they put her down for a nap only …
A Pennsylvania couple was charged on Thursday in connection with Feburary’s death of the woman’s adoptive 5-year-old son. Landon Maloberti, died on February 7, a week after he was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital unconscious. Tribune Live reported that Lauren Maloberti — the adoptive mother accused of killing him — and her husband, Jacob, created …
On Tuesday, a Tennessee woman allegedly admitted to strangling her 12-year-old and trying to kill her 4-year-old son, who was briefly missing. An endangered child alert was issued for the younger boy after his brother, Esteban Sylvester, was found dead by their father at their Shelbyville apartment on Monday. Patricia Sylvester, 32, who was located …
