An Alabama man was arrested on March 18 in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s toddler grandson, who died days earlier of a suspected drug overdose. AL.com reported that Carter Thomas, 3, died on March 6 after being found unresponsive at a relative’s home. Despite Leon Richey’s arrest on reckless manslaughter charges, Jefferson County …
A Connecticut man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly beating his 2-year-old stepson to death in June. Citing an arrest warrant, the Hartford Courant reported that Hayden Campbell screamed, cried, and clung onto a female relative before going with his stepfather, Jeremiah Beason, 24. Less than five hours later, Campbell reportedly suffered a skull fracture and …
A New York daycare provider allegedly admitted to police that she killed a 23-month-old boy last year by swinging him into a coffee table by his legs. Jessica Sims, 24, was charged Thursday with first-degree manslaughter in the death of Lennox Santiago in July 2019. Two days before Santiago’s death from severe brain trauma, Sims …
An Alabama city councilman who reported his wife missing two weeks ago led police to her body on Saturday and now sits in jail awaiting charges. Robert Warren reported Lisa Warren, 51, missing on February 25, Carbon Hill Police Chief Eric House said at a news conference late Saturday afternoon, and multiple agencies launched a …
One firefighter is dead and another is unaccounted for after a fire destroyed the Porterville Public Library in Porterville, California, Tuesday night. And police have arrested two 13-year-olds they believe started the blaze. The Porterville Fire Department said Fire Captain Ramon “Ray” Figueroa, 35, died battling the fire, and Patrick Jones, 25, was missing. Figueroa …
A Texas man drunkenly struck and killed a pedestrian on Saturday night — then drove to a beer garden with the corpse in the passenger seat, according to reports. The Austin American-Statesman reported that Paul Joseph Garcia, 24, fatally struck Lee Martin Cagle, 55 as he pushed a shopping cart on Slaughter Lane in Austin. …
Police in Toledo, Ohio, on Monday arrested the parents of a “Baby Doe” whose decomposing remains were found in an abandoned car nearly three years ago. Jenna Cisneros, 34, and Jacob Cisneros, 33, have been charged with endangering children and involuntary manslaughter, 13 ABC reported. The baby boy, no older than 2 months, was found …
After 3-month-old Annalise Murphy died in January 2019, investigators found she suffered from fatal head injuries and had six broken ribs. Now more than a year later, Ohio authorities believe they know who is responsible for the toddler’s death, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Amie M. Wright, 38, was arrested Friday by Columbus police and charged with …
A 7-month-old Hawaii girl who died of a suspected Benadryl overdose last February while in her babysitter’s care had no underlying medical issues, a recently-released autopsy report revealed. Hawaii News Now obtained the 18-page report and spoke with Abigail Lobisch’s mother, Anna Lobisch. The infant died at Dixie Denise Villa’s home on the Aliamanu Military …
A 16-year-old Texas high school student has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a fellow student Tuesday, an incident that Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said appeared to have been accidental. Police were notified of the shooting at Bellaire High School about 4 p.m. Both students were Junior Reserve Officer Training …
The mother of an abandoned baby boy who had frozen to death in a Connecticut parking lot in 1988 will not be criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired, authorities announced on Tuesday. The Hartford Courant reported that the deceased baby, who the local clergy named David Paul, was found bundled in a …
Michelle Carter, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend’s 2014 suicide, will be released from a Massachusetts prison next week for good behavior. WXFT reported that Carter, 22, will be released on January 23 — months ahead of her expected release date in May. Carter began her two-and-a-half-year sentence in February. She …
