A Florida couple is being charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child following the death of a 3-year-old Bartow County boy. On May 12, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a distress call regarding an unresponsive toddler. Bartow Fire Rescue responded to the call and discovered the child connected to a ventilator but without a …
A Michigan toddler found a loaded Glock handgun in the couch and fatally shot himself with it. Court documents say the 2-year-old’s mother’s now ex-boyfriend, Markus Nevills Jr. admitted to Kentwood Police that he “zoned out” while smoking marijuana and scrolling through his phone and wasn’t paying attention when Kiaire McCoy crawled behind him and …
A Bronx mother has been indicted on a manslaughter charge after she abandoned her 7-year-old daughter in a hotel pool while she went into the hotel bar to drink. The little girl, Katlyn Pineda, was found lifeless in the Marriott Melville Long Island pool on January 13, 2022. First responders restarted her heart, but she …
A Florida woman was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison for leaving her 7-week-old daughter in a hot car in 2020, killing her. WMBB reported that Megan Dauphin left McKinlee Garner in her car in Panama City. Dauphin had purchased cigarettes with Garner in the car, but she forgot to take her out …
A Florida mother has been charged with aggravated manslaughter and neglect of a child after her 3-year-old son left her apartment and drowned in a nearby retention pond. The Ormond Beach Police Department said that Azriyh Santiago left his mother’s apartment early Sunday morning. He was seen on a neighbor’s surveillance video running past his …
A Vermont man has been charged with manslaughter after he fled the scene of a car crash on foot and lost his toddler son in a brook, where he drowned. The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office in northwestern Massachusetts said Darel Galorenzo, 35, has also been charged with reckless endangerment of a child, negligent operation of …
Two young Florida children died in separate incidents while both were under the care of their grandmother. Now that woman’s daughter, the mother of the two children, says her mom should be behind bars. “If I’m objective, she needs to go to prison,” Kaila Nix said in an interview with WSVN-TV. “As her daughter, it …
A former Florida school principal is facing charges after a second grandchild died while in her care, police say. According to ABC Action News, 65-year-old Tracey Nix is facing aggravated manslaughter charges after her 11-month-old granddaughter, Uriel Schock (pictured left), was found deceased in a hot vehicle on November 1, 2022. The incident happened at …
A 56-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for killing his teen girlfriend in a hotel room and fleeing the scene, WPTV reports. On Thursday, Michael Hutto pleaded guilty in Palm Beach County to manslaughter with a firearm in connection with the October 2020 death of 18-year-old Lora Grace Duncan. Hutto, …
The co-founder of the popular Salt Life brand of ocean-related clothing pleaded guilty this week and was sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting to death jis 18-year-old girlfriend in a Florida hotel room. Michael Troy Hutto, 56, contended that he killed 18-year-old Lora Grace Duncan accidentally while they were playing a game, as …
A 30-year-old Florida woman was charged with manslaughter this week after a 4-month-old child died while co-sleeping with her. The Gulfport Police Department said it was the second time a child in the care of Nicole Iannone died while co-sleeping, WFLA reports. Arrest documents say Iannone was sleeping with the 4-month-old tucked in the bend …
